▁The ▁critic ▁described ▁the ▁production ▁as ▁the ▁great ▁victory ▁of ▁the ▁Second ▁Studio ▁over ▁" this ▁st ilt ed ness ▁that ▁has ▁become ▁common ▁for ▁all ▁children ' s ▁parts ▁in ▁theatre ... ▁The ▁major ▁secret ▁of ▁the ▁[ actual ] ▁Green ▁Ring , ▁according ▁to ▁the ▁author , ▁is ▁the ▁' jo y ▁of ▁tog eth ern ess ', ▁and ▁that ▁is ▁exactly ▁what ▁the ▁secret ▁of ▁this ▁whole ▁production ▁turned ▁out ▁to ▁be ," ▁the ▁critic ▁assert ed . ▁ ▁Georg y ▁Ch ul kov , ▁writing ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 2 , ▁pra ised ▁the ▁play ▁( which ▁he ▁called ▁' b izar re ') ▁as ▁highly ▁exit ing ▁and ▁original , ▁" def ying ▁a est h etic ▁character izations ." ▁He ▁found ▁the ▁charm ▁of ▁the ▁play ▁in ▁its ▁" over wh el ming ▁sense ▁of ▁direction ," ▁with ▁" the ▁author ' s ▁soul ▁engaged ▁in ▁a ▁flight ." ▁"[ G ipp ius ' s ] ▁dis g ust ▁with ▁the ▁[ mod ern ▁forms ] ▁of ▁' mar riage ▁and ▁fam u ily ' ▁is ▁so ▁she er ▁and ▁inten se ▁in ▁The ▁Green ▁Ring , ▁there ' s ▁almost ▁something ▁mon astic ▁about ▁it ," ▁he ▁op ined , ▁going ▁so ▁far ▁as ▁to ▁interpret ▁it ▁as ▁a ▁true ▁implementation ▁of ▁the ▁" be ▁like ▁children " ▁test ament . ▁ ▁While ▁the ▁contemporary ▁critics ' ▁reaction ▁was ▁in ▁many ▁ways ▁determined ▁by ▁the ▁political ▁climate ▁in ▁Russia ▁at ▁the ▁time , ▁more ▁recent