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Nikolai Gogol

NIKOLAI GOGOL   (1809 - 1852)

Nationality:   Russian    Email:   n/a   Website:   n/a

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Nikolai Gogol was born in Sorchintsy in Ukraine in 1809. After a brief spell in government service in St Petersburg, he won fame as a short story writer, and in 1836, his satirical comedy The Government Inspector created such a furore that Gogol left Russia to settle in Rome, in self-imposed exile. Marriage, revised from an eariler draft titled The Suitors, was first performed in 1842 and The Gamblers, Gogol's only other completed play, was premiered in 1843. Gogol published the first part of his great picaresque novel Dead Souls in 1842, but religious mania in his later years caused him to destroy its sequel and contributed to his early death in Moscow in 1852.

Adaptation / Translations of Plays by Nikolai Gogol

TERENCE BEESLEY  

Diary Of A Madman, The

1st Produced:

Theatre 503, London (Latchmere Theatre) >>>

1988

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

One Man Show

Parts:

Male

1

Female

0

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Nikolai Gogol. Adapted by Colin Wakefield and Terence Beesley from a literal translation by Lindsey Hughes

Synopsis:

Adaptation of Nikolai Gogol's hilarious but tragic short story of a man's rapid descent into a fantasy world of talking dogs, delusions of grandeur and the Spanish Inquisition. Set in nineteenth century St. Petersburg, Poprishkin, a 'positively reptilian' quill-sharpening clerk, is obsessively and hopelessly infatuated with the Director's daughter.

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HOWARD COLYER  

Diary of a Madman

1st Produced:

Brockley Jack Studio Theatre, 410 Brockley Road, Brockley, London SE4 2DH >>>

41877

Company:

Ballast Theatre

1st Published:

lulu.com

ISBN/ASIN:

9781471660009

Music:

-

doollee no

#161296

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Genre:

adaptation

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Nikolai Gogol

Diary of a Madman

He is a clerk; he feels himself to be a great man; others do not; between this gap his madness grows. Gogol's classic short story adapted for the stage and transported to London.

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COLIN WAKEFIELD  

Diary Of A Madman, The

1st Produced:

Theatre 503, London (Latchmere Theatre) >>>

1988

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

One Man Show

Parts:

Male

1

Female

0

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Nikolai Gogol. Adapted by Colin Wakefield and Terence Beesley from a literal translation by Lindsey Hughes

Synopsis:

Adaptation of Nikolai Gogol's hilarious but tragic short story of a man's rapid descent into a fantasy world of talking dogs, delusions of grandeur and the Spanish Inquisition. Set in nineteenth century St. Petersburg, Poprishkin, a 'positively reptilian' quill-sharpening clerk, is obsessively and hopelessly infatuated with the Director's daughter.

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HENRY LIVINGS  

Don't Touch Him, He Might Resent It

1st Produced:

Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire

1984

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

in "Plays 1" Oberon, London, 1999

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#21037

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Genre:

Adaptation

Parts:

Male

-

Female

0

Parts other:

9 characters

Notes:

Original Playwright - Nikolai Gogol

Synopsis:

Further Reference:

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SELMA DIMITRIJEVIC  

Gamblers, The

1st Produced:

Dundee: Rep Theatre, Scotland, EUR >>>

22 Oct 2014

Company:

Greyscale/Dundee Rep/Northern Stage/Stellar Quines

1st Published:

I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page.

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

doollee no

#167065

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Genre:

adaptation

Parts:

Male

-

Female

6

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Nikolai Gogol. Adapted by Selma Dimitrijevic and Mikhail Durnenkov

Synopsis:

In the world of The Gamblers there is no mercy. This new all-female version is a story of women who gamble, hustle, cheat, drink, swear, sing and dance. And never apologise for it.

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MIKHAIL DURNENKOV  

Gamblers, The

1st Produced:

Dundee: Rep Theatre, Scotland, EUR >>>

22 Oct 2014

Company:

Greyscale/Dundee Rep/Northern Stage/Stellar Quines

1st Published:

I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page.

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#167066

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Genre:

adaptation

Parts:

Male

-

Female

6

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Nikolai Gogol. Adapted by Selma Dimitrijevic and Mikhail Durnenkov

Synopsis:

In the world of The Gamblers there is no mercy. This new all-female version is a story of women who gamble, hustle, cheat, drink, swear, sing and dance. And never apologise for it.

Further Reference:

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CHRIS HANNAN  

Gamblers

1st Produced:

Tron Theatre, Glasgow, UK >>>

1987

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#15437

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Genre:

Translation

Parts:

Male

7

Female

0

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Nikolai Gogol. written by Christopher Rathbone and Chris Hannan

Synopsis:

Con-men take on a con-man and strip him of his pile and his reason..

Further Reference:

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CHRISTOPHER RATHBONE  

Gamblers

1st Produced:

Tron Theatre, Glasgow, UK >>>

1987

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#46916

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Genre:

Translation

Parts:

Male

7

Female

0

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Nikolai Gogol. written by Christopher Rathbone and Chris Hannan

Synopsis:

Con-men take on a con-man and strip him of his pile and his reason..

Further Reference:

-


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STEPHEN MULRINE  

Gamblers, The

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Contained in: "Gogol Three Plays" published by Methuen

ISBN/ASIN:

9780413733405

Music:

-

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#107993

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Genre:

Translation

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Nikolai Gogol

Gamblers, The

n/a

Further Reference:

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DAVID HARROWER  

Government Inspector

1st Produced:

Young Vic Theatre, 66 The Cut, Waterloo, London SE1 8LZ >>>

09 Jun 2011

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Faber and Faber Ltd, London (2011) >>>

ISBN/ASIN:

978-0571280490

Music:

-

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#124643

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Genre:

Adaptation

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Nikolai Gogol

Government Inspector

The news that a government inspector is due to arrive in a small Russian town sends its bureaucrats into a panicked frenzy. A simple case of mistaken identity exposes the hypocrisy and corruption at the heart of the town in this biting moral satire.

Further Reference:

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GUY WILLIAMS  

Government Inspector

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Nelson Thornes 1980

ISBN/ASIN:

978-0333284902

Music:

-

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Genre:

Youth play

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Nikolai Gogol

Government Inspector

n/a

Further Reference:

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DEBORAH MCANDREW  

Government Inspector, A

1st Produced:

Harrogate: Harrogate Theatre, England, EUR >>>

07 Sep 2012

Company:

Northern Broadsides

1st Published:

Methuen Drama, London (2012)>>>

ISBN/ASIN:

978-1408173633

Music:

-

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#144068

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Genre:

adaptation

Parts:

Male

13

Female

5

Parts other:

doubling possible

Notes:

Original Playwright - Nikolai Gogol

Government Inspector, A

This version of A Government Inspector is a Yorkshire take on Gogol's 1836 fantastical Russian satire. The setting is here transposed to a small northern town in the twenty-first century, geographically and culturally remote from the centre of government. Into a small Pennine town a mysterious stranger is mistaken for a government inspector. Fearing discovery of their corrupt goings-on, the town's unscrupulous councillors attempt to ingratiate themselves. Bribes, backhanders and brown envelopes abound, and the young chap, who has an eye for a quick buck, takes full advantage with hilarious results. Deborah McAndrew's version of A Government Inspector goes beyond literal translation, but is absolutely faithful to Gogol's stated intention to peel away the surface layers of ordinary people and expose the corruption beneath. It's exuberant, brilliantly witty and original, and audiences will revel in the references to government officials' expenses claims and women's beach volley ball...

Further Reference:

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ALISTAIR BEATON  

Government Inspector, The

1st Produced:

Chichester Festival

2005

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Oberon Books, London, 2005

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Adaptation

Parts:

Male

-

Female

0

Parts other:

large cast

Notes:

Original Playwright - Nikolai Gogol.

Synopsis:

One of the most famous comedies in world theatre, Gogol's masterpiece has lost none of its bite. In a small town corruption is rife, and the Mayor and his cronies have got it made. So when they learn they are going to be subject to an undercover government inspection they panic. Mistaking a penniless nobody for the inspector they swiftly fall victims to their own stupidity and greed. A dazzling blend of preposterous characters and familiar situations, Nabokov called 'The Government Inspector' the greatest play in the Russian language.

Further Reference:

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JEREMY BROOKS  

Government Inspector, The

1st Produced:

Aldwych Theatre, London >>>

1966

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Eyre methuen, london, 1968

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#4820

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Genre:

Adaptation

Parts:

Male

21

Female

6

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Nikolai Gogol

Synopsis:

set in Yorkshire in the winter of 1946-47a penniless nobody from Moscow is mistaken for a government inspector by the corrupt officials of a small town in Tsarist Russia

Further Reference:

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JOHN BYRNE  

Government Inspector, The

1st Produced:

Almeida Theatre, London >>>

1997

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Oberon Books

ISBN/ASIN:

9781840020298

Music:

-

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#5624

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Genre:

Adaptation

Parts:

Male

12

Female

2

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Nikolai Gogol

Synopsis:

Further Reference:

-


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D J CAMPBELL  

Government Inspector, The

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Heinemann 1989

ISBN/ASIN:

9780435209636

Music:

-

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#98083

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Genre:

Translation

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Nikolai Gogol

Synopsis:

n/a

Further Reference:

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PAULA CHITTY  

Government Inspector, The

1st Produced:

Jack Studio Theatre, London

- - -

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#191016

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Genre:

Adaptation

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Nikolai Gogol

Synopsis:

1979 a letter arrives at a small town council chambers telling them that a government inspector will be arriving incognito to investigate corruption

Further Reference:

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HOWARD COLYER  

Government Inspector, The

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

lulu.com

ISBN/ASIN:

9781326551353

Music:

-

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#189270

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Genre:

Translation

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Nikolai Gogol

Government Inspector, The

n/a

Further Reference:

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RODDY DOYLE  

Government Inspector, The

1st Produced:

Dublin: Abbey Theatre, Ireland, EUR >>>

24 Nov 2011

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#148472

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Genre:

adaptation

Parts:

Male

20

Female

7

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Nikolai Gogol

Synopsis:

The Mayor, the Judge, the Chief of Police and a host of the crooked characters are in an awful tailspin as a visit from a government inspector looms large on their town. Its all brown envelopes and bribes as this befuddled group frantically try to keep the show on the road at all costs. But could a case of mistaken identity sabotage their efforts? - http://www.irishplayography.com/play.aspx?playid=3755

Further Reference:

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PETER ENGLISH  

Government Inspector, The

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Contained in: "Plays and Petersburg Tales" published by Oxford University Press 1995

ISBN/ASIN:

9780199555062

Music:

-

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Genre:

Translation

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Nikolai Gogol

Government Inspector, The

n/a

Further Reference:

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PHILIP GOULDING  

Government Inspector, The

1st Produced:

Salisbury: Playhouse,England, EUR and on tour in South of England >>>

1995

Company:

Forest Forge Theatre Company/Salisbury Playhouse

1st Published:

I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page.

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

doollee no

#14120

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Genre:

Adaptation

Parts:

Male

4

Female

3

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Nikolai Gogol. Also produced at Watermill Theatre Newbury in 1996 with 9 actors.

Synopsis:

New version of Gogol's classic comedy re-set in a market town in 1860.

Further Reference:

-


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JEFFREY HATCHER  

Government Inspector, The

1st Produced:

Tyrone Guthrie Theater Company, in Minneapolis

- - -

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Dramatists Play Service, Inc (2009)

ISBN/ASIN:

978-0-8222-2337-5

Music:

-

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#104698

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Genre:

Adaptation

Parts:

Male

10

Female

7

Parts other:

doubling

Notes:

Original Playwright - Nikolai Gogol

Synopsis:

When the locals in a small Russian hamlet learn that an undercover government inspector is coming for a surprise visit, an unfortunate case of mistaken identity sends the whole village spiraling into a world of panic and greed. Witty, smart and wildly satirical, this timely and spirited adaptation of Nikolai Gogol's classic play exposes the corruption of a provincial town with biting hilarity.

Further Reference:

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ZDENEK MAHLER  

Government Inspector, The

1st Produced:

Aldwych Theatre, London >>>

1970

Company:

Cinoherni Club of Prague

1st Published:

I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page.

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

doollee no

#44915

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Genre:

Translation

Parts:

Male

18

Female

3

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Nikolai Gogol

Synopsis:

n/a

Further Reference:

-


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GAVIN MCALINDEN  

Government Inspector, The

1st Produced:

Shaw Theatre, 100 - 110 Euston Road, London, London NW1 2AJ >>>

15 Aug 2012

Company:

Axting Gymnasium

1st Published:

I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page.

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

doollee no

#143553

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Genre:

adaptation

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Nikolai Gogol

Synopsis:

A mysterious man washes up in a corrupt town and is mistaken for the much-feared government inspector.

Further Reference:

-


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ADRIAN MITCHELL  

Government Inspector, The

1st Produced:

Nottingham

1974

Company:

RSC

1st Published:

Methuen, London >>>, 1968

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

doollee no

#24380

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Genre:

Adaptation

Parts:

Male

21

Female

6

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Nikolai Gogol

Government Inspector, The

set in Yorkshire in the winter of 1946-47a penniless nobody from Moscow is mistaken for a government inspector by the corrupt officials of a small town in Tsarist Russia

Further Reference:

Theatre Record Volume XXXI Issue 06 Page 326


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STEPHEN MULRINE  

Government Inspector, The

1st Produced:

Union, London

2004

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Contained in: "Gogol Three Plays" published by Methuen

ISBN/ASIN:

9780413733405

Music:

-

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Genre:

Translation

Parts:

Male

12

Female

4

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-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Nikolai Gogol

Government Inspector, The

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MORRIS PANYCH  

Government Inspector, The

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

in "Still Laughing", Talon Books,Canada (15 Oct 2009)

ISBN/ASIN:

978-0889226241

Music:

-

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Genre:

translation

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Nikolai Gogol. The universal mark of good satire is still to make audiences laugh at the worst traits in human nature. Here, in his own words, is how Morris Panych updated these three great comedy classics from a century ago:

Government Inspector, The

The Government Inspector is peopled with the most duplicitous, under-handed, and shifty characters ever to appear in literature; yet, they are funny. I made the lead character Khlestakov and his companion Osip former members of an acting troupe, to open up the fourth wall of the theatre. Inspired by Gogol himself, who has the characters speak to the audience directly in the last scene, this is not really a post-modern indulgence, but part of a long theatrical tradition of direct audience address.

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PETER RABY  

Government Inspector, The

1st Produced:

Tyrone Guthrie Theater Company, in Minneapolis

- - -

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Dramatists Play Service, NY,

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

comedy Adaptation

Parts:

Male

20

Female

8

Parts other:

plus extras, many of the male roles are bit parts

Notes:

Original Playwright - Nikolai Gogol

Synopsis:

The corrupt, squabbling bureaucrats of a provincial Russian hamlet are suddenly shocked to learn that a Government Inspector is about to pay them a visitincognito. In this panic they jump to the conclusion that a young stranger recently arrived at the hotel is the Inspector, and they set out to woo him with hospitality, bribes and even the hand of the major's daughter. Actually the young visitor is a penniless clerkbut he is more than willing to accept, with no little cynicism, the largesse which is suddenly showered on him. When their error is discovered the local officials fall to squabbling again, this time over who is to blame for their costly mistake, only to be interrupted by the ominous news that the real Government Inspector has arrived and requests their immediate presence in the name of the Emperor!

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BRIAN WOOLLAND  

Government Inspector, The

1st Produced:

Winchester Prison, Winchester, Hants, UK

27 Apr 2010

Company:

Playing for Time Theatre Company

1st Published:

I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page.

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

adaptation/Farce

Parts:

Male

12

Female

5

Parts other:

6 small roles that can be played by m or f

Notes:

Original Playwright - Nikolai Gogol. An adaptation (lasting about an hour and fifteen minutes) of the classic Russian farce by Nikolai Gogol. Includes 5 specially written songs (music available).

Government Inspector, The

Incompetent and corrupt officials in a small provincial town are thrown into a panic when they learn that a Government Inspector is to visit, perhaps incognito. When Klestakoff, a well-dressed rogue, arrives with his streetwise servant, he quickly realises that the townsfolk imagine he is the Inspector and takes advantage of the officials' bribes and flattery. No sooner have the townsfolk discovered their mistake - just as Klestakoff leaves - than the real Inspector appears. This adaptation has an sting in the tail that gives another twist to the themes of disguise and mistaken identity.

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ANURADHA KAPUR  

Government Inspector, The (Ala Afsur)

1st Produced:

Tara Arts Centre, london

1989

Company:

Tara Arts Group

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Adaptation

Parts:

Male

-

Female

0

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Nikolai Gogol

Synopsis:

an Indian-English adaptation brilliantly located in a small Hindi speaking town just after independence

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ERIC BENTLEY  

Inspector

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

in "Inspector and Other Plays" French, New York,

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Adaptation

Parts:

Male

15

Female

4

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Nikolai Gogol

Synopsis:

a penniless nobody from Moscow is mistaken for a government inspector by the corrupt officials of a small town in Tsarist Russia

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THOMAS SELTZER  

Inspector General

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Echo Library 2006

ISBN/ASIN:

9781847022837

Music:

-

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Genre:

Translation

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Nikolai Gogol

Inspector General

n/a

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JOHN (1) ANDERSON  

Inspector General, The

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Samuel French, NY,

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Adaptation

Parts:

Male

15

Female

4

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Nikolai Gogol

Synopsis:

a penniless nobody from Moscow is mistaken for a government inspector by the corrupt officials of a small town in Tsarist Russia

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BETSY HULICK  

Inspector General, The

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Translation

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Nikolai Gogol

Synopsis:

n/a

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JOHN COUSINS  

Inspector, The

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Company:

Harvest Theatre Company (Whyalla, S. Aust.)

1st Published:

Sydney : Currency Press in association with Harvest Theatre Company, 1987

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Adaptation

Parts:

Male

-

Female

0

Parts other:

large cast

Notes:

Original Playwright - Nikolai Gogol (The government Inspector)

Synopsis:

n/a

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PHILIP GOULDING  

Little Local Difficulty, A

1st Produced:

Oldham Coliseum

2003

Company:

Oldham Coliseum

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#14123

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Genre:

Adaptation

Parts:

Male

5

Female

3

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Nikolai Gogol

Synopsis:

Northern adaptation of Gogol's classic comedy The Government Inspector

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MIKE ALFREDS  

Marriage

1st Produced:

Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, London >>>

1984

Company:

Shared Experience

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#435

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Genre:

Adaptation

Parts:

Male

6

Female

3

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Nikolai Gogol, version by Mike Alfreds from literal translation by Boris Isarov

Synopsis:

t hearted account of Russia's 19th century marriage farce.

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HOWARD COLYER  

Marriage

1st Produced:

Brockley Jack Studio Theatre, 410 Brockley Road, Brockley, London SE4 2DH >>>

41814

Company:

Ballast Theatre

1st Published:

lulu.com

ISBN/ASIN:

9781291559255

Music:

-

doollee no

#161297

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Genre:

adaptation

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Nikolai Gogol

Marriage

He wants to get married; and he doesn't want to get married  he doesn't know what to do. But he has a friend who knows what's best for everyone. Marriage is Gogol's absurd farce about desire, matchmakers, Imperial Russian speed dating and much else besides.

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BARBARA FIELD  

Marriage

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Dramatists Play Service, NY,

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Adaptation

Parts:

Male

6

Female

4

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Nikolai Gogol

Synopsis:

Deciding that it is time he was married, Podkoliosin, a long-time bachelor (and minor court councillor), engages a matchmaker, Fiolka, to find him a wife of suitable social statusnot to mention fortune. Fiolka comes up with Agafya, the spinster daughter of a wealthy merchant, who is seeking a husband of demonstrably higher social position. Podkoliosin deigns to visit the charming Agafya, only to discover that the bustling Fiolka has rounded up four other suitors as well, which leads to some unseemlyand hilariousbickering among the preening competitors. The suitors are all quite different (one enormously fat, one painfully skinny, one terribly tiny, another notoriously prissy), which enriches the farcical contretemps that resultand adds to the relish with which Podkoliosin's sidekick, the scheming Kochkariev, sets about winning Agafya for his friend. In the end he succeeds, but perhaps too well, as he also provides Podkoliosin with a glimpse of what marriage really entails and, as the curtain falls, the terrified would-be suitor makes his escapeleaping unceremoniously from a second story window and back to the comforting routine of blissful bachelorhood.

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BETSY HULICK  

Marriage

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Translation

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Nikolai Gogol

Synopsis:

n/a

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BORIS ISAROV  

Marriage

1st Produced:

Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, London >>>

1984

Company:

Shared Experience

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#66975

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Genre:

Adaptation

Parts:

Male

6

Female

3

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Nikolai Gogol, version by Mike Alfreds from literal translation by Boris Isarov

Synopsis:

t hearted account of Russia's 19th century marriage farce.

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LAURIE SLADE  

Marriage

1st Produced:

Coventry: Belgrade Theatre, Belgrade Square, Coventry CV1 1GS >>>

02 Feb 2013

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

adaptation

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Nikolai Gogol

Synopsis:

Summer's coming in St Petersburg and blushing bride-to-be, Agafya, has a string of suitors lined up for her by the local matchmaker  but how can she decide which one to pick? Ivan wants to get married  but how long will he take to pop the question once he's made up his mind? Ivan's best friend, Ilya, driven to distraction by all the dithering, vows to take charge and force his hand  wiping out the competition from the other suitors and making sure the day ends with wedding bells ringing. But will his cunning plan succeed?

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PETER ENGLISH  

Marriage, The

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Contained in: "Plays and Petersburg Tales" published by Oxford University Press 1995

ISBN/ASIN:

9780199555062

Music:

-

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Genre:

Translation

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Nikolai Gogol

Marriage, The

n/a

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STEPHEN MULRINE  

Marriage, The

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Contained in: "Gogol Three Plays" published by Methuen

ISBN/ASIN:

9780413733405

Music:

-

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Genre:

Translation

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Nikolai Gogol

Marriage, The

n/a

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MAKSYM RYLSKY  

Notes Of A Madman, The

1st Produced:

Cafe La MaMa, NY, USA >>>

1994

Company:

Ivan Franko State Drama Theater

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#95514

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Genre:

Translation

Parts:

Male

-

Female

0

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Nikolai Gogol

Synopsis:

n/a

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MAVOR MOORE  

Ottawa Man, The

1st Produced:

Crest Theatre, Toronto

1961

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#24680

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Genre:

Adaptation

Parts:

Male

-

Female

0

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Nikolai Gogol, televised 1958

Synopsis:

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OLEG LIPTSIN  

Overcoat

1st Produced:

C venues - C, Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Aug 2013

Company:

International Theater Ensemble (Taiwan and USA)

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#153878

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Genre:

international, physical theatre 1 hour 15 minutes

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Nikolai Gogol

Synopsis:

Poetic expression of Nikolai Gogols classic in the era of internet technology. Multimedia cross-border performance. Original combination of Chinese theatrical traditions and music with modern European physical theatre and contemporary projection technologies. Combines modern dance and narration, Chinese opera instruments and smartphone applications. Directed by acclaimed Russian-American director Oleg Liptsin. Theatre without borders!

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HOWARD COLYER  

Overcoat, The

1st Produced:

Brockley Jack Studio Theatre, 410 Brockley Road, Brockley, London Se4 2DH >>>

40562

Company:

assembly Point Productions.

1st Published:

lulu.com

ISBN/ASIN:

978-1409294849

Music:

-

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#133778

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Genre:

Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

6

Female

2

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Nikolai Gogol

Overcoat, The

Bashmachkin's desperate struggle with poverty in a society defined by possessions is particularly resonant in the midst of Britain's current economic climate, and with his scrupulous and scathing realism as well as philosophical depth, Gogol is still considered one of the greatest ever satirists. the company offers a faithful and culturally authentic interpretation of Nikolai Gogol's absurdist satire, one of Russia's most important texts, which has inspired Russian writers from Nabokov to Dostoyevsky

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