The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol
Drama Classics: The World's Great Plays at a Great Little Price A classic satire of provincial bureaucracy, which only saw the stage after the personal intervention of Tsar Nicholas I. A small, corrupt Russian town receives a letter informing them of the imminent visit of a government inspector travelling incognito. When a passing civil servant is mistaken for the inspector, panic soon sets in. This English version of Nikolai Gogol's play The Government Inspector, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series, is translated and introduced by Stephen Mulrine.
Stephen Mulrine (1937–2020) was a Glasgow-born poet and playwright who wrote extensively for radio and television, and published many translations, including English translations of plays in Russian by Chekhov, Gogol and Gorky, as well as translations of plays by Ibsen, Molière, Pirandello, Strindberg and others.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781854591746 |
| ISBN 10 | 1854591746 |
| Title | The Government Inspector |
| Author | Nikolai Gogol |
| Series | Drama Classics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Nick Hern Books |
| Year published | 1997-03-06 |
| Number of pages | 123 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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