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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 (1809 – 1852)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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]]''.
 
 
 
Translated into [[Afrikaans]] from the English as ''[[Die inspekteur-generaal]]'' by [[S.J. Pretorius]] and [[Marie van der Merwe]].  Published in Cape Town by [[Human & Rousseau]],  1963
 
 
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
 
 
1952: Opened at the [[Little Theatre]], Cape Town, on 13 December 1952, produced by [[Leonard Schach]], presented by the [[Little Theatre Players]]. In the cast were [[Paul Malherbe]], [[Robert Mohr]], [[Percy Sieff]], [[Arnold Pearce]], [[Donald Inskip]], [[Adolphe Grande]]. Decor by [[Cecil Pym]].
 
 
 
1980: ''[[The Government Inspector]]'' in an Englsih version by Edward O. Marsh and Jeremy brooks was presented by [[CAPAB]] Drama at the [[Nico Malan Theatre]], opening 2 August. [[Mavis Taylor]] directed, decor and costumes by [[Dicky Longhurst]], lighting by [[John T. Baker]]. The cast: [[Keith Grenville]], [[Roger Dwyer]], [[Philip Boucher]], [[Ronald France]], [[Neville Thomas]], [[Alan Prior]], [[Tony Hanson]], [[Johan Esterhuizen]], [[Russel Savadier]], [[Henry Goodman]], [[Alec Bell]], [[Diane Wilson]], [[Liz Dick]], [[Michelle du Toit]], [[Mary Dryer]], [[Theresa Iglich]], [[Marlene Winberg]], [[Bryony Mortimer]], [[Craig Dobson]], [[Blaise Koch]], [[Kiki Sevadjian]], [[Simon Swindell]], [[Neil McCarthy]] and [[Tom Holmes]].
 
 
 
2005: Produced by [[Lara Bye]], 2005?
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
 
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Government_Inspector
 
 
 
[[ESAT Bibliography I|Inskip]], 1977. pp 43, 119.
 
 
 
''The Government Inspector'' theatre programme (CAPAB 1980).
 
 
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
 
 
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