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Government Inspector, The (Mulrine)

A classic satire of provincial bureaucracy, which only saw the stage after the personal intervention of Tsar Nicholas I.

  • Full Length Play
  • Drama, Comedy, Classic Drama

  • Time Period: 19th Century
  • Target Audience: Young Adult, Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings

  • Performance Group:
  • High School/Secondary, Community Theatre
A classic satire of provincial bureaucracy, which only saw the stage after the personal intervention of Tsar Nicholas I.

A small, corrupt Russian town receives a letter informing them of the imminent visit of a government inspector travelling incognito. When a passing civil servant is mistaken for the inspector, panic soon sets in.

This English version of Nikolai Gogol's play The Government Inspector, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series, is translated and introduced by Stephen Mulrine.

Premiere Production: Original version: 1836.
  • Casting: 20M, 5F

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