The Government Inspector

“IT’S NOT GOOD, GENTLEMEN. THAT’S WHY I’VE GATHERED YOU ALL HERE. AN INSPECTOR IS COMING…A GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR!”

The news that a government inspector is due to arrive in a small Russian town sends its bureaucrats into a panicked frenzy. When a scheming stranger rolls into town, a simple case of mistaken identity exposes the hypocrisy and corruption at the heart of the community in Gogol’s biting satire.

Originally published in 1836, this caricature of politics and moral bankruptcy still rings true for today’s audiences – proving that some subjects will always be ripe for an inspection…