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Andrei Andreyevich Chipuchin, the dashing chairman of a bank's board, is preparing to celebrate the anniversary of the institution he founded fifteen years earlier in grand style. Chipuchin is organizing a series of tributes to his supposed expertise, including a speech that the zealous but overworked Khirin is tasked with writing for him.<br><br> With only minutes left for the hapless Khirine before the ceremony, chaos erupts: Chipoutchine's wife arrives, soon followed by a madwoman demanding her civil servant husband's salary. A delightful Chekhovian romp featuring French- and Russian-speaking actors.<br><br> Translation: Yana Denissova, Daria Kapitanova A joint performance by French and Belarusian theatre students in Russian translated into French.