The Government Inspector
by Nikolai Gogol, translated by Adrian Mitchell
16th-24th September 2005
Directed by Ray Newton
The corrupt officials of a small town in Tsarist Russia mistake a penniless clerk from Moscow for a government agent in Gogol's satire on the grotesque side of human nature. A play described by Vladimir Nabokov as the greatest ever written in the Russian language.
CastAndy Kirtley The GovenorPat Lee The Judge Joanne Burnham Charity Commissioner Eric Chorley Dr.Gibner, Korokin & Waiter Adam Simmonds Schools Superintendent Maggie Box Postmistress Jordan Blaxhill Dobchinsky Alex Brace Bobchinsky David Wilkinson Police Inspector Christine McKinven Anna Louise Kemplen Marya Mark James Osip Ian Houghton Khlestakov Ros Saint-Clare Mishka |
CrewRos Saint-Clare & Pippa Cooke Production SecretaryDiane Moore Stage Manager Tony Mason Sound Diana Wilkinson Prompt Loretta Freeman & Karen Janes Props & set dressing Andy Howell & Paul Morton Lighting Shelagh Maughan Wardrobe Mike Day, Chris Janes, Ken Hendley, Terry Knight, Paul Morton & Peter Stubbs Set building |
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