« If I did not become a writer, I, certainly, would be an actor », - wrote Sholom-Aleyhem. Not without reason the novel about wandering souls of actors, about the touching love born by art, became the most well-known product of the author. Heroes of the novel - the daughter of the poor man and the son of the richman, having seen representation of vagrant theatre, run from home to start a new career in acting. After many years of the wanderings, become well-known, they meet in America...