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The Government Inspector was commissioned in August 2003, while the Hutton Inquiry was underway, and broadcast 14 months after the Inquiry's report was published. Like Hutton , it investigates the death of Dr David Kelly and related issues, including the BBC 's questioning of a dossier supporting the Government's case for war in Iraq.
21 feb 2010 · Gogol's Government Inspector is gloriously revived in Glasgow, writes Clare Brennan
The Government Inspector is a satirical stage play by Russian-Ukrainian author Nikolai Gogol, originally published in 1836 and later revised in 1842. Also known as The Inspector General, the play is a comedy of errors based on a supposed anecdote relayed to Gogol by the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin. In a small unnamed Russian town, a young ...
The Government Inspector is one of the most famous Russian plays, renowned for its satirical portrayal of government officials and laced with apocalyptic, absurd overtones. Vladimir Nabokov praised the play, stating “The play begins with a blinding flash of lightning and ends in a thunderclap. In fact it is wholly placed in the tense gap ...
The Dangers of Tunnel Vision. Almost every character in the play is willing to accept that Khlestakov is the government inspector, even if there is evidence that suggests otherwise. The tunnel vision of the characters leads to their downfall. It is young Marya who actually points out a couple of times that what Khlestakov is saying does not ...
The Government Inspector is often said to be Nikolai Gogol’s masterpiece, a comedy of errors that provides clever commentary on the extensive political wrongdoing of Imperial Russia. When it opened, it caused an uproar in the Russian press. Eventually, Tsar Nicholas I had to intervene in order for the production to move forward.
Our third and final video for The Government Inspector giving you just a taste of Roddy Doyle's hilarious version of Nikolai Gogol's satirical comedy, The Go...
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