The Workshop of Peter Fomenko is renowned for its love of experiments and unconventional approaches: a Chinese student was entrusted with staging Russian classics on the theater stage. The premiere of this comedy in 5 acts, directed by Ma Zheng Hong, took place on May 22, 1992. Under the guidance of Peter Naumovich himself, the production came to life and was very well received by the audience. The sharp Ostrovsky's "Wolves and Sheep" was first presented to the audience at the end of 1875 at the Alexandrinsky Theater. At that time, there was a benefit performance for the actor of the imperial theaters and writer F. A. Burdin, who experienced the role of Lynyaev; at that time, actors such as K. A. Varlamov, A. A. Nilskiy, and V. K. Lyadova-Sariotty also took the stage. The play was met with enthusiasm, and it could not have been otherwise: the irony and all-revealing nature of A. N. Ostrovsky's writing compel the audience to honestly look at themselves and the people around them. Even today, the audience will be delighted by Madlen Jabrailova (in the role of Murzavetskaya), whose very appearance will speak of the pompous and haughty character of her heroine. The director of the play, in tandem with the set designer Tatiana Selvinskaya, created the arrogance of the landlady with the help of a tall and disheveled wig, which, according to the actress, very much resembles the results of a clumsy chick's falls. The authority of Jabrailova's heroine, her despotism, and her desire to rule absolutely and greedily in the province intertwine and harmoniously blend with her naive, almost childlike demanding exclamations. What is this if not grotesque? What is this if not a testimony to the absurd behavior of this character? Ostrovsky is astonishing in this as well. The character Berkutov (Karen Badalov), a businessman from St. Petersburg, who appears in the play, confounds all the characters of the work, becoming both the play's resonator and the embodiment of a unique regulator of stage movement: the characters of "Wolves and Sheep," interpreted by Ma Zheng Hong, first freeze in surprise at what is happening, and then do not understand what to do next. This play encompasses a multitude of elements in its intention.