Farsa, ali tragična.
Bufonada, takođe tragična.
Krojački atelje ili otmeni bordel? Pitanje je koje se postavlja čitaocu dela. Tih godina (1925), u Moskvi je racija bila svakodnevni pojam za kockarnice i javne kuće koje su se uglavnom otvarale u privatnim stanovima. Sam Bulgakov, inspiraciju za ovu komediju dobio je poznavajući jako dobro problem života tog perioda u Moskvi.
U ovom, prvenstveno pozorišnom komadu, glavni lik, čije ime nosi i samo delo, Zojka pored svog krojačkog salona, u kom se preko dana šiju prelepe haljine i otmena odela za dame i gospodu iz uglednih porodica, dolazi na ideju da salon pretvori u otmeni bordel, koji radi iza paravana krojačkog ateljea i koji će služiti kao zanimacija, prostor zbivanja i sastanaka, upravo za onu otmenu gospodu “iz salona”, sa devojkama “lakog morala”. Zojkin stan se koristio kao “kockarska jazbina” koja je sakrivena iza krojačkog salona.
Glavni elementi koji sačinjavaju oblik slova, jesu različiti krojački elementi, od igle, konca, metra, preko makaza, do dugmića raznih veličina i oblika. Pored ovog jednog, a komleksnog elementa, korišćena je i akrilna crvena boja, koja zapravo sačinjava samu formu slova Z.
Mikhail Bulgakov was born on 15 May 1891 in Kiev, Kiev Governorate of the Russian Empire, into a Russian family. He was one of the seven children (the oldest of three brothers) of Afanasiy Ivanovich Bulgakov (ru) — a state councilor, an assistant professor at the Kiev Theological Academy, as well as a prominent Russian Orthodox essayist, thinker and translator of religious texts. His mother was Varvara Mikhailovna Bulgakova (nee Pokrovskaya), a former teacher. Both of his grandfathers were clergymen in the Russian Orthodox Church. Afanasiy Bulgakov was born in Bryansk Oblast, Russia, where his father was a priest, and he moved to Kiev to study in the academy. Varvara Bulgakova was born in Karachev, Russia. According to Edythe C. Haber, in his "autobiographical remarks" Bulgakov stated that she was a descendant of Tartar hordes, which supposedly influenced some of his works. However, there is no mention of it in Bulgakov's collection of works, so the source of the claims is unclear. From childhood Bulgakov was drawn to theater. At home, he wrote comedies, which his brothers and sisters acted out.
