“No Money, but Suddenly an Gold” is a play about unhappy love and arrogant foolishness, about bitter poverty and all-consuming greed.
The action takes place in Moscow, in one of the outlying, shabby districts. Nastya is a beautiful, smart girl—but poor; she would be married off, but there’s no dowry… Meykhey Mikhailovich Krutitsky—Nastya’s uncle, a “stingy knight,” a worthless man. Under the lining of his coat hide treasures. What can passion for money do to a person, and what extremes can stinginess lead to?!