Murder in Chekhov's scenery. Knyazeva A.

Actress Lionella Balandovskaya always dreamed of playing Chekhov. And now the chance was introduced - the play “Uncle Vanya”, she has one of the main roles. However, not everything is so simple in the provincial theater, where the Balandovskaya was invited. An internal conflict is torn by a small troupe, and, of course, none of the locals was delighted with the arrival of the metropolitan star. And then the unexpected thing happened: during the performance according to the Gogolevsky “Viu”, the coffin with a panel flying above the stage broke off the cables and fell, actress Karina Kropotkin died...

and this is not the first tragic case in the theater : Many years before, another minister of Melpomene died, the young beauty Raisa Snegina. It is her ghost, according to the old -timers of the theater, that has been pursuing actresses since then. The husband persistently persuades Lionella to quit and return home, but she does not intend to retreat and is ready to take part in the investigation of both the new and old crime...