The main character is an eccentric doctor, who has a bit of the touching prince-idiot and the romantic Don Quixote. This role was once played by Sergey Yursky and Andrey Mironov. The play became the first major success of the famous playwright Alla Sokolova. The premiere of "Faryatiev's Fantasies" took place on the stage of the [Bolshoi Dramatic Theater](//kudago.com/spb/place/bolshoj-dramaticheskij-teatr-im-g-tovstonogova/) under the direction of Sergey Yursky in 1976. Three years later, a two-part film by Ilya Averbakh was released, starring Andrey Mironov and Marina Neyolova. In his production at the [Youth Theater on Fontanka](//kudago.com/spb/place/molodezhnyj-teatr-na-fontanke/), director Vladimir Tumanov presents the well-known plot in an unusual interpretation. The play touches on the classic theme of our culture of the "little man" who performs real deeds and loves with all his heart. Everyone sees Faryatiev in their own way: as a mad dreamer, a silly oddball, or perhaps even a genius. But the truth cannot be seen with the eyes! Faryatiev is in love with Alexandra, who has just gone through a breakup with her beloved man. This strange man awkwardly yet sincerely tries to break through the wall of alienation and misunderstanding built in the heroine's family. The characters make mistakes, losses, and blunders. Relationships are built harshly, without sentimentality, on contrasting transitions of love-hate. In an attempt to escape loneliness, they cause suffering to both themselves and others. The director poses the question of why people cannot live without making each other unhappy, and how to learn to love and accept loved ones as they are. See even more performances in St. Petersburg on our website in the theater section.