The play "Zoykina apartment": a brief summary. "Zoykina apartment" by M. Bulgakov: the plot, reviews

Mikhail Bulgakov is mainly known for written novels and stories, and very few people know that the writer tried himself as a playwright. "Zoykina apartment" (the summary of the work will be the main theme of this article) is a play written already in mature years, when the author fully got used to the contemporary theater. Therefore, the work can be called one of the best of its kind.

About the work

The play "Zoykina apartment" (a brief summary below) was written in 1926 and immediately put in the theater. Vakhtangov. In the work Bulgakov turned to one of the most pressing problems of Moscow of his time - NEP. It was the so-called NEP bottom that he decided to display in the play, choosing the genre of satire for this.

The face of this new world is the well-known sewing workshop, under the guise of which a brothel and a brothel are hidden.

The play "Zoykina apartment": a short summary

The time of action is evening. It's May in the yard. The main heroine, the widow of Pelts Zoya Denisovna, stands in front of a mirror and dresses. At this moment, the chairman of the house committee on the name of Hallelujah comes in. He has an important matter - to inform Zoya that she will be "condensed" - it was decided that there are many rooms for her. Zoya and Hallelujah talk for a long time, then the woman shows the householder permission to open a school and a sewing workshop in the apartment. And this requires an area of 16 fathoms. Nevertheless, Zoya reinforces the document with a bribe. Hallelujah promises that he will try to defend her rooms and leave.

Very topical for its time play "Zoykina apartment." The plot is based on personal observations of Bulgakov, which does not give rise to doubt the authenticity of the depicted depravity of society.

Zoya's lover, Pavel Fedorovich Abolyaninov, appears. He is ill, so Zoya calls the maid Maynushka and sends her to the Chinese for morphine. The Chinese name is Gasolin. He is selling drugs with the Cherubim. Gasolin is known as a rogue, so Manyushka tells him to go with her, in order to dilute the morphine, otherwise it will make it too liquid without control. But Gasolin, instead of herself, sends her assistant with the girl. Zoe herself makes an injection of a lover, after which he comes to life.

For her services, the Cherub asks more than necessary. However, Abolyaninov pays and even gives him tea, and then agrees that he will carry him morphine on a daily basis. And Zoya hires him as a tinker. The Joyful Cherub leaves.

Cousin

We continue to describe the summary (Zoykina apartment). The woman tells about her plans to Paul. Manyushka, who knows about everything, goes to the store for beer, but forgets to close the door behind her. This uses Ametistov - cousin Zoe, who is known as a swindler and a cheater. He overhears Paul's conversation with Zoya about a workshop and immediately realizes the true purpose of the room.

Manya returns and calls Zoya. Seeing his cousin, she freezes. Pavel leaves. Zoya starts a conversation with Ametistov, who begs to stay with her, begins to blackmail the woman heard. She decides to appoint him administrator in his institution. Paul likes the Amethysts, he is sure that Cousin Zoe will be able to establish their business.

Autumn

Ironically, he approaches the description of what is happening in his play Bulgakov (Zoykina apartment). The summary carries us to the autumn. Zoin's apartment now became a workshop, on the wall of which hangs a portrait of Marx. A seamstress is sitting in the room, who sews on a typewriter, and three women try on ready-made clothes. Immediately busy with his work and cutter. Gradually, everyone diverge. Only Zoe and Amethyst remain in the room. Relatives start talking about some Alla, who is known for her beauty. They need it for their nightly venture. Alla owed Zoe 500 rubles and now needs money, so Ametistov does not doubt that the woman will agree to their offer.

Alla's decision

Closer to its climax is the play "Zoykina apartment". The content describes Zoe's doubts about Alla's involvement. Ametistov comes into conflict with her. Their skirmish is interrupted by the appearance of Maniushka, who reports that Alla has come. The girl enters, Ametistoff crumbles in compliments and leaves.

Zoe and Alla are left alone. The latter says that she is ashamed for the fact that she can not repay the debt, that she has very bad finances. Zoe expresses her sympathy and immediately offers a job. She promises to pay 60 chervonets monthly, forget about debts and issue a visa - in Paris, Allu is waiting for the groom. In exchange, the girl should 4 months in the evenings to work as a model for Zoya, who promises that everything will remain a secret.

Women agree that Alla will start work in three days. Zoe, wanting to show a friendly disposition, gives the girl a Parisian dress. Alla thanks the hostess and leaves.

Night Atelier

Zoe goes to change. Manyushka and Amethyst begin to prepare for the coming of the Goose, who is a rich man and director of the trust of refractory materials. It is he who owes his existence to the "atelier" Zoe. Amethyst removes the portrait of Marx, and in its place hangs a picture with a naked woman. Gradually transformed and the whole room.

The pianist Paul comes, then the Cherub brings cocaine. Appear ladies from the night atelier. The Goose comes, who asks to show French models - he needs a gift for a woman. To the music of the ladies from the "atelier" they show very frank outfits.

Cherubim and Manyushka

The Cherub calls Maynushka with him to Shanghai, promises a rich life. In response, the girl teases him and says that she will marry another, although she likes Chinaman. The Cherub tries to slaughter Maniushka, then lets go and announces that she makes a proposal to the girl, and then leaves.

Appears Gasolin and also makes Maniushka an offer. The Cherub comes back, and the Chinese begin to quarrel. Their skirmish is stopped by a bell at the door - there was a commission from the People's Commissariat of Education. She finds a portrait of a naked woman, listens to Gasolin's story that at night opium is smoked here, and leaves.

Decoupling

The play "Zoykina apartment" (the summary we have presented above) comes to an end. Outside the window, the night, and in the "studio" reigns rejoicing. The show of models begins. Alla appears. Suddenly the Goose starts a scandal, because it's his mistress and bride. Alla says that she does not want to marry him, but wants to go to Paris. The goose comforts the Cherub. The Chinese man puts him in an armchair and kills, taking money. Cherubim and Manyushka run away.

The corpse finds Amethysts and understands everything. He hacks Zoya's box of money and runs away, too. Goose finds Zoya. She runs to Pavel, and then to the casket, but she is hacked. The two of them go to the door, but they are obstructed by the officers from the People's Commissariat of Education. All present are taken to the police.

Reviews of the play "Zoykina apartment"

The summary, feedback and opinion of readers about the work is all that is needed to determine whether it is worth going to this play in the theater. So, the first one has already been considered, but what do those who read the original or saw it on the stage say?

Most readers and fans of the theater are simply delighted with this Bulgakov play. Mainly, note the incredible psychology and accuracy in describing the characters' characters. Highlight the skill of the author in the image of various types of people, from the intelligentsia to gangsters and rogues. Interesting and the plot itself, which allows you to see the life of the bottom in the 20s of the 20 century. Readers believe that the author managed to depict that world with great accuracy and very realistically.