Stage
Ying and Yan is an original play featuring Fandorin. Subtitled A theatrical experiment, it features both a "white version" and a "black version". When a wealthy man dies, Fandorin is brought in to clarify some points of the will. After the murder of several characters, Fandorin (assisted by his manservant Masa) needs his sleuthing skills once more. The black version leads to a diametrically opposed result to that of the white version, due to some minor changes in evidence found in the beginning of the play. This play is notable for the comic element introduced by Masa's limited knowledge of Russian—he has begun copying out words from the dictionary but so far has gotten only to the letter "D". The play was commissioned by director Aleksey Borodin.
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