Reception (Russian: Встреча, romanized: Vstrecha) is a one-act comedy by Maxim Gorky.
Simultaneously it came out as a separate edition under the title Children (Russian: Дети, romanized: Deti), via the Berlin-based Ladyzhnikov Publishers.
[1] Gorky mentioned it in his 20 November 1910 letter to Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky: "I send you my Reception, perhaps it will make you smile," he wrote from Capri.
The reception at the railway station astounds the Prince (who arrives with a German companion).
Some other locals (including a perpetuum mobile inventor) join the party with their pleas and complaints.