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''The Government Inspector'', also known as ''[[The Inspector General]]'' (original title: Russian: ''Ревизор'', ''Revizor'', literally: "Inspector"), is a satirical play by the Ukrainian-born Russian dramatist and novelist Nikolai Gogol.
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== The original text ==
 
 
 
Originally published in 1836, the play was revised for an 1842 edition. Based upon an anecdote allegedly recounted to Gogol by Pushkin, the play is a comedy of errors, satirizing human greed, stupidity, and the extensive political corruption of Imperial Russia.
 
 
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
 
 
Translated into English many times, under the titles ''[[The Inspector General]]'' or ''[[The Government Inspector]]''.
 
 
 
''Die inspekteur-generaal'' / Nikolai Gogolj ; uit die Engels vertaal deur S.J. Pretorius en Marie van der Merwe.    Kaapstad :  Human & Rousseau,  1963
 
 
 
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
 
 
Opened at the [[Little Theatre]], Cape Town, on 13 December 1952, presented by the Little Theatre Players. In the cast were [[Paul Malherbe]], [[Robert Mohr]], [[Percy Sieff]]. Decor by [[Cecil Pym]].
 
 
 
In South Africa it was produced by [[CAPAB]] pre-1984, starring [[Neville Thomas]]. Produced by [[Lara Bye]], 2005?
 
 
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Government_Inspector
 
 
 
[[ESAT Bibliography I|Inskip]], 1977. pp 43, 119.
 
 
 
== Return to ==
 
 
 
Return to [[ESAT Plays 2 G|G]] in Plays II Foreign Plays
 
 
 
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