The Government Inspector
The Government Inspector also known as the Inspector General is a satirical play by Russian dramatist and novelist, Nikolai Gogol, published in 1836. The play is a comedy of errors, satirizing human greed, stupidity, and the political corruption of contemporary Russia.
The corrupt officials of a small Russian town, headed by the Mayor, react with panic to the news that an incognito inspector will soon be arriving in their town to investigate them. The flurry of activity to cover up their considerable misdeeds is interrupted by the report that a suspicious person had arrived two weeks previously from Saint Petersburg and is staying at the inn. That person, however, is not an inspector; it is Khlestakov, a foppish civil servant with a wild imagination.
They learn that Khlestakov has not been paying for the hotel, just charging to the bill. The reasons for him staying in the town are unknownn, therefore the Mayor and his crooked cronies are immediately certain that this upper-class twit is the dreaded inspector. For quite some time, Khlestakov does not even realize that he has been mistaken for someone else. Meanwhile, he enjoys the officials' terrified deference and moves in as a guest in the Mayor's house. He also demands and receives massive "loans" from the Mayor and all of his associates. He also flirts outrageously with the Mayor's wife and daughter.
Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol, was a Russian novelist, short story writer and playwright of Ukrainian origin. Gogol was one of the first to use the technique of the grotesque.
The Government Inspector
The Government Inspector also known as the Inspector General is a satirical play by Russian dramatist and novelist, Nikolai Gogol, published in 1836. The play is a comedy of errors, satirizing human greed, stupidity, and the political corruption of contemporary Russia.
The corrupt officials of a small Russian town, headed by the Mayor, react with panic to the news that an incognito inspector will soon be arriving in their town to investigate them. The flurry of activity to cover up their considerable misdeeds is interrupted by the report that a suspicious person had arrived two weeks previously from Saint Petersburg and is staying at the inn. That person, however, is not an inspector; it is Khlestakov, a foppish civil servant with a wild imagination.
They learn that Khlestakov has not been paying for the hotel, just charging to the bill. The reasons for him staying in the town are unknownn, therefore the Mayor and his crooked cronies are immediately certain that this upper-class twit is the dreaded inspector. For quite some time, Khlestakov does not even realize that he has been mistaken for someone else. Meanwhile, he enjoys the officials' terrified deference and moves in as a guest in the Mayor's house. He also demands and receives massive "loans" from the Mayor and all of his associates. He also flirts outrageously with the Mayor's wife and daughter.
Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol, was a Russian novelist, short story writer and playwright of Ukrainian origin. Gogol was one of the first to use the technique of the grotesque.