▁by ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁prominent ▁Russian ▁liber als ▁of ▁the ▁day , ▁including ▁Princess ▁Volk ons ky , ▁daughter ▁of ▁the ▁famous ▁Dec em br ist ▁revolution ary ▁Serge i ▁Volk ons ky , ▁and ▁spent ▁altogether ▁ 1 7 ▁years ▁in ▁Russia . ▁Once ▁he ▁returned ▁to ▁Eth iop ia , ▁however , ▁T ek le ▁Haw ariat ▁became ▁famous ▁as ▁provincial ▁governor , ▁agr onom ist , ▁and ▁for ▁his ▁part ▁in ▁writing ▁Eth iop ia ' s ▁first ▁constitution . ▁T ek le ▁Haw ariat ▁was ▁an ▁important ▁government ▁official ▁during ▁the ▁reign ▁of ▁I y as u ▁V , ▁although ▁he ▁played ▁a ▁part ▁in ▁I y as u ' s ▁de position ▁of ▁ 2 7 ▁September ▁ 1 9 1 6 . ▁Despite ▁his ▁support ▁for ▁the ▁new ▁r uler , ▁Em press ▁Z aud itu , ▁during ▁her ▁reign ▁he ▁wrote ▁and ▁produced ▁a ▁play , ▁Fab ula : ▁Y aw re och ▁Comm edia , ▁which ▁used ▁animal ▁characters ▁to ▁critic ize ▁the ▁cor ruption ▁and ▁back ward ness ▁of ▁the ▁Eth iop ian ▁court . ▁As ▁a ▁result ▁the ▁Em press ▁b anned ▁all ▁further ▁theatre ▁in ▁Eth iop ia , ▁an ▁order ▁that ▁was ▁later ▁lifted ▁by ▁Emperor ▁Ha ile ▁Sel ass ie ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 0 . ▁As ▁such , ▁T ek le ▁Haw ariat ▁introduced ▁Western - infl uen ced ▁drama ▁to ▁Eth iop ia , ▁mark ing ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁Eth iop ian ▁theatre . ▁ ▁Under ▁the