Do proponovanoyi zbirky uviyshly p’yesy Mykoly Kulisha (1892—1937), scho staly novym slovom u moderniy ukrayins′kiy dramaturhiyi ta yevropeys′kiy kul′turi v tsilomu. U komediyi “Myna Mazaylo” pys′mennyk u lehkiy parodiyniy formi na tli chvar odniyeyi rodyny zumiv pokazaty vsi pidvodni kameni tohochasnoyi ukrayinizatsiyi, zmusyvshy hlyadacha smiyatysya i zamyslyuvatysya vodnochas. Ne mensh seryoznu zahal′nolyuds′ku temu protystoyannya pochuttiv ta obov’yazku porusheno i v lirychniy drami “Patetychna sonata”, heroy yakoyi opynyayet′sya po inshyy bik barykad vid svoyeyi kochanoyi y mymovoli staye sluchnyanoyu zbroyeyu v rukach ochil′nytsi tayemnoyi orhanizatsiyi. U ts′omu tvori vdalo poyednano ruch, slovo i muzyku, a rytm yomu zadaye odnoymenna sonata velykoho Betchovena.