The corrupt officials of a small Russian town react with terror to the news that an inspector will soon be arriving to investigate them. Farcical tale by Gogol ...

Starring Lenny Henry and Roger Allam, and adapted by Adrian Mitchell from Nikolai Gogol's classic satire, The Government Inspector concerns the corrupt officials of a small Russian town ...

Russian dramatist and novelist Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852) penned a satirical play whose title is translated as "kensatsukan" (public prosecutor) in Japanese and "The Government Inspector" in English.

“The Inspector General” by Nikolai Gogol is one of those examples, and the 1836 Russian play is getting a modern spin by UC Santa Cruz’s Performance, Play and Design Department, which opens ...