He directed a production of Shaw's "Misalliance". The reason given for the misalliance was difference of religion. Johan's mother is determined to avoid what she sees as a misalliance. His first novel, "Ijjodu" ("Misalliance", 1935) dwells on marital problems caused by sexual incompatibility. However, the Odoyevsky family regarded this marriage as misalliance. "The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told", "Misalliance", "Oedipus" and "Bunny Bunny". George Bernard Shaw's "Back to Methuselah" and "Misalliance".