Location: Moskva, Tverskoy b-r., 23 (Vhod v zritel`nyy zal posle tret`ego zvonka-zapreshen. Opozdavshie zriteli teryaut pravo na mesta , ukazannye v biletah.)
April evening of 1912. The venerable family of Burling celebrates a small holiday - the engagement of daughter Sheila. But suddenly, on the threshold of a comfortable apartment, a mysterious police inspector Gul appears. His investigation into the suicide of young unemployed Eva Smith turns the family upside down.