"Masks and Faces; or, Before and Behind the Scenes: A Comedy in Two Acts" is a play that combines deep social feeling with lively humor. Authors Charles Reid and Tom Taylor created this work to tell the audience a story about how each of us masks our true feelings and motives for the sake of social conventions and expectations. Each character has his own mask, under which his true "face" is hidden, and it is this confrontation that makes the plot of this comedy so interesting. Each episode reveals new aspects of the characters, unfolding a colorful palette of their personalities and relationships. "Masks and faces; or, Before and behind the scenes" is a work that fascinates with its depth and lightness, leaving the viewer with a lot of ideas and impressions.