E. L. Schwartz (1896 – 1958) was a famous and beloved most 'childish' storyteller who conquered adult readers, the author of more than twenty plays, as well as scripts for films and cartoons, a thinker who managed to convey the tragedy of the time experienced in his plays and at the same time believed in the inevitability of the triumph of good. The book includes famous plays based on scripts for famous films, and scripts:'Shadow', 'Ordinary Miracle', 'Cinderella', 'Don Quixote' with great actors in the main roles - O. Dahl, A. Vertinskaya, L. Gurchenko, A. Abdulov, O.Yankovsky. The king was memorably voiced in the radio play "Cinderella" by A. Raikin, and the image of Cinderella, the king, the old woman forester was embodied on the screen by great actors Yanina Zhaimo, Erast Garin, Faina Ranevskaya.