The Background For Both Versions
The play takes place in Moscow suburbs, Russia, in the deceased Sigizmund Boretsky's manor in 1882. Sigizmund's brothers Stanislav and Kazimir came along with their families to discover his will and to divide the heritage. The weather is stormy outside. Erast Fandorin is expected to visit the family.
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