Drama on 3 - The Government Inspector

The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol Translated by Alistair Beaton Gogol's landmark nineteenth century satire on corruption and sleaze. A penniless clerk is mistaken for a Government official by a corrupt town council. Starring Toby Jones and Paul Ritter. CAST: Khlestakov ..... TOBY JONES The Mayor ..... PAUL RITTER Education Director ..... JEREMY SWIFT Anna ..... FRANCES BARBER Osip/ Gendarme ..... RUSSELL TOVEY Marya ..... DAISY HAGGARD Dobchinsky ..... SEAN FOLEY Bobchinsky ..... MARK HEAP Shopkeeper 2 / Postmaster ..... PAUL RIDER Widow / Magistrate's Wife ..... CAROLINE GUTHRIE Locksmith's Wife / Khlopov's Wife ..... JANICE ACQUAH Abdulin / Liuliukov ..... JONATHAN TAFLER Mishka / Constable / Shopkeeper 1 ..... BENJAMIN ASKEW Waiter / Doctor (German) / Ratakovsky ..... MATT ADDIS Superintendent / Shopkeeper 3 / Korobkin ..... STEPHEN HOGAN Magistrate ..... STEPHEN CRITCHLOW Health Commissioner ..... MALCOLM TIERNEY Avdotya / Korobkin's Wife ..... LIZZIE WATTS Producer - Sally Avens Gogol's play from 1836 still delights audiences today with its satirical swipes at political self-serving, sleaze and vice. A dazzling blend of preposterous characters and all-too-real situations, Nabokov called The Government Inspector the greatest play in the Russian language.