“Every festival needs a theatrical classic and when its a really good laugh as well that’s an added bonus. It’s great to work with our state’s flagship theatre company to include The Government Inspector in Come Out 2005.”
Come Out Festival Director Sally Chance
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An irresistible comic masterpiece that created such a furore when it was first performed in 1836 that its author was driven into exile.
In this classic satire on human vanity, the corrupt, self-seeking officials of a provincial backwater in Tsarist Russia mistake a penniless clerk from Moscow for a government inspector. Through the wild inventiveness of Gogol’s comic genius, the play becomes a celebration of the grotesque and absurd elements in human nature and remains one of the greatest comedies of all time.
“Don’t blame the mirror for your own ugly mug.” Nikolai Gogol
The Government Inspector
By Nikolai Gagol (translated by May-Brit Akerholt, Neil Armfield, Lech Mackiewics
and Geoffrey Rush)
| VENUE | The Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre, King William Road, Adelaide |
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| DURATION | 3 hours approximately, including an interval |
| SCHOOL DATES & PRICES |
Week 6: Wed 9 - Thu 10 Mar 10.30am Week 7: Wed 16 - Thu 17 Mar 10.30am Prices: $13.50 ($10 Dis) |
| ARTISTS | Adam Cook, the Artistic Director of the State Theatre Company, has chosen this inspired and hilarious account of provincial corruption as his inaugural production for the company. Director: Adam Cook. Starring: Paul Blackwell. |