Igor Ilyinsky reads Anton Pavlovich Chekhov’s stories “The Death of an Official”, “Over Salted”, “The Orator”, “The Night Before the Trial”, “The Daughter of Albion”, “Boots”, “Chameleon”, as much as performing a wide variety of characters.
Because of the talkativeness of the village gossip girl Osan, who does not know how to hold her long tongue in time, a beautiful apricot tree died. It was cut down by a greedy, envious neighbor. But the good old man Khachatur and his granddaughter managed to grow a new miracle tree from a magic stone overnight, to the delight of all the village poor.
The head of the regional inspectorate of architectural and construction control, Veprev, writes a critical article to the central newspaper about shortcomings in local construction, thereby causing dissatisfaction with the regional leadership. They find an excuse to release Veprev from his post. But the intervention of one of the journalists in the case helps to restore justice.
