The Government Inspector

Play :: show/work:S01840658808, production/tour:T709367839

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14 Nov 12 to 17 Nov 12

The Government Inspector Play :: listing:L2107504982, production:T709367839, show:S01840658808, venue: V733

The Watermill Theatre Newbury Berkshire

Details

The corrupt officials of a small Russian town are in a panic. There is to be a surprise visit from a government inspector. Will the courthouse be cleaned of wildfowl in time? Will the unsightly sick be vacated from the hospitals? Will the bribes be big enough? Unfortunately they've mistaken a penniless nobody for the Inspector and he's going to take them for everything they've got. The Watermill Young Company presents Gogol's 1836 classic. A hilarious satire on human vanity and self-serving bureaucrats. Filled with preposterous characters and frenetic action this play revels in the absurdity of political corruption, a theme just as pertinent today as it ever was.
Author Nikolai Gogol. Company The Watermill Young Company. Adapted by Adrian Mitchell. Director Seamus Allen.