Famous play of Grigory Горина, in spite of the fact that on the descriptions behaves to the genre of tragicomedy, actually - one of the best philosophical plays of the second half of 20‑го century. With an extraordinarily rare for an art theme, namely - by the theme of place of man in history. Someone comes forward as our Vergil-explorer, named Man of theatre, existing the in the background opened out events, although sometimes and entering into a dialogue with separate personages. A general canvas is known already from the textbooks of history : above-ground in Эфесе subdued by Persians, Greek Герострат, going bankrupt, Temple of Artemis decides to burn, to perpetuate the name. As we can judge about прошествии 2300 more than, his plan was fully succeeded. Exactly in an order to understand those events, and Man of theatre comes. Firstly all is folded as must, people are indignant, requires death of vandal. But from indecision of lord of Эфеса Тиссаферна, easily falling under stranger influence, executing of Герострата is put aside, and that, whose name is known in eyelids, unlike the creators of temple, it is succeeded to incline a situation in the benefit.