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12 de may. de 2024 · One of the first proper plays I ever saw was an adaptation of Gogol's The Government Inspector starring Rik Mayall at the National Theatre back in (thank you Google) 1985. Alongside Mayall, already a star thanks to The Young Ones, the cast also included two other actors who would later pop up in Blackadder – Jim Broadbent and Tim McInnerny.
9 de may. de 2024 · The scenes feel like brilliant, self-contained sketches – so much so that the audience applauded at the end of each one. The script is unrelentingly hilarious and linguistically delicious. “Needs must when fate defecates in your porridge” and “the staff have all the manners of a Scottish stepchild” were two standout zingers.
20 de may. de 2024 · The Government Inspector is Nikolai Gogol’s masterful comedy about how corrupt power destroys itself, exposing the tragi-comic consequences of collective delusion and the swindlers who would exploit it. Hide. Run time. 2hr. Incl. interval. Start date. 3rd May, 2024. End date. 15th June, 2024.
9 de may. de 2024 · Smith-Bynoe has fun as the faux-inspector: part Bertie Wooster, part dissolute swindler. It’s played as farce and is too effortful to pull that off, while 21st-century corruption – its systems ...
9 de may. de 2024 · How the mighty (from the Governor to the warden of the hospital) misuse their power for monetary gain, their good works are a scam, leaving the poor, poorer and maltreated. When a Government inspector arrives, we see their desperate attempts to win his silence, but this is a case of mistaken identity. The exploiters become the exploited.
10 de may. de 2024 · Apparently, Gogol purposefully emitted sympathetic characters from the play — but on the modern day stage, this is problematic. Nothing escalates. There are no repercussions. The cast jigs ...
8 de may. de 2024 · Tickets for The Government Inspector on Wed 08 May 2024, 7.30PM. Unbeatable availability, instant booking and unrivalled exclusive deals from London Theatre Direct.
