The Government Inspector Essay

The Government Inspector is a sardonic play by novelist Nikolai Gogal and directed by Tina Kronis. The play was about how a town shows corruption and ignorance. The setting in the play takes place before the Russian Revolution. The two main actors in this play were Kasper Svendsen, who played the mayor of the town, and Aidan Davari, who played the St. Petersburg’s official. The Government Inspector, was about how a small Russian town was having an unexpected visit from a government inspector who was going to be undercovered as an ordinary civilian to see how everything is doing in the town. Unfortunately, it’s confusingly mistaken by another villager from St. Petersburg along with his servant who were staying in their town’s inn. The panic occurs around the whole town causing the mayor as to other officials to bribe the supposed inspector and persuade him to give a good review for the town. The other merchants in the town also decided to visit the “inspector” to seek a change for justice and to get rid of the mayor.
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The actors really kept me entertained. They did a great job in staying in character throughout the play. The actors were also very well dressed for their characters. For example, the mayor of the town Anton Antonovich was constantly anxious and concerned for the unexpected visit had the shown the right face gestures for every scene. The two stooges, Bobchinsky and Dobchinsky, were very funny too, making several comedic acts. So was the supposed inspector Khlestakov, who also to had me laughing over how he to the bribes from everyone in the whole town and going along with the lie. His servant Osip also made constant sarcastic jokes about his master who was fooling everyone in the town and was a total bum, seriously had me dying of laughter. In general, the performance of the play was exceptional for everyone to understand. I would recommend this play for everyone to