The Government Inspector

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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)[1].


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, presented by the Little Theatre Players. In the cast were Paul Malherbe, Robert Mohr, Percy Sieff. Decor by Cecil Pym.

1979: Produced by CAPAB pre-1984, starring Neville Thomas, Tom Holmes.

2005: Produced by Lara Bye, 2005?

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Government_Inspector

Inskip, 1977. pp 43, 119.

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