Monsieur Jordan, a scholar botanist, and Dervish Mastalishah, a renowned sorcerer, in honor of the 200th anniversary of the birth of the great folk writer M.F. Akhundzadeh. The director and producer is People's Artist of Azerbaijan, Alexander Sharovsky. The set designer is Nikita Sazonov (Russia). The costume designer is Honored Artist of Azerbaijan, Fakhriya Khalafova.

The cast includes: People's Artists of Azerbaijan - Mabud Magerramov, Safa Mirzagasanov, Natalya Sharovskaya, Fuad Osmanov Honored Artists of Azerbaijan - Salman Bayramov, Inna Imranova, Khajar Agayeva, Murad Mamedov Theater artists - Tamilla Abutalybova, Farida Nesterenko, Egyana Guseynli, Olesia Hasyimova, Rumia Agayeva, Ioanna Ferstandt, Maya Vorobzhanskaya, Zaur Iskenderov, Farid Bakhramov, Ramil Aliyev, Elshad Murtuzov, Johar Abdullaev.

The play is based on the comedy by M.F. Akhundzadeh. The action takes place in Karabakh in 1848. French botanist Jordan, who has come here to study local plant species, wants to take the nephew of nomadic leader Khatamkhan-aga Shahbaz to Paris for education. To prevent this, Shahbaz's fiancée Sharafnisa and her mother Shahrabano-khanum seek the help of a dervish from Iran - Mastali. The comedy vividly portrays the superstition and lack of education of the society of that time and is directed against medieval feudal ideology.

Duration of the play:

Act 1 - 55 minutes.

Act 2 - 50 minutes."