The Government Inspector

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play satirical play

The Government Inspector is a satirical play by Russian writer Nikolai Gogol that lampoons political corruption and bureaucratic incompetence in provincial Russia.

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Label	Occurrences
The Government Inspector canonical	3
Ревизор	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	play ⓘ satirical play ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	The Inspector General ⓘ surface form: Revizor The Inspector General ⓘ
author	Nikolai Gogol ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Russian Empire ⓘ
criticizes	Tsarist-era bureaucracy ⓘ provincial administration ⓘ
dramaticForm	prose drama ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate	1836 ⓘ
firstPerformancePlace	St. Petersburg ⓘ surface form: Saint Petersburg
firstPerformedUnder	reign of Nicholas I of Russia ⓘ
firstPublisher	Nikolai Gogol ⓘ
genre	comedy ⓘ satire ⓘ
hasAdaptation	The Inspector General (1949 film) ⓘ various stage adaptations worldwide ⓘ
hasMotive	exposure of corruption through comedy ⓘ
hasTranslation	multiple languages ⓘ
influenced	Russian satirical drama ⓘ later adaptations in theatre and film ⓘ
literaryMovement	Russian realism precursor ⓘ
literaryPeriod	19th-century Russian literature ⓘ
mainTheme	bureaucratic incompetence ⓘ political corruption ⓘ provincial life in Russia ⓘ
medium	stage ⓘ
notableCharacter	Anna Andreyevna ⓘ Khlestakov ⓘ Ossip ⓘ surface form: Osip The Mayor of Townsville ⓘ surface form: The Mayor
originalLanguage	Russian ⓘ
originalTitle	The Government Inspector self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ревизор
partOf	Russian theatrical canon ⓘ
settingLocation	provincial Russian town ⓘ
significance	major work of Russian satire ⓘ one of Gogol's most famous plays ⓘ
structure	five acts ⓘ
subjectMatter	abuse of power by local officials ⓘ bribery ⓘ social hypocrisy ⓘ
targetOfSatire	corrupt judges ⓘ local government officials ⓘ self-serving bureaucrats ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting	early 19th century ⓘ
tone	farce ⓘ satirical ⓘ

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Nikolai Gogol → notableWork → The Government Inspector ⓘ

The Government Inspector → originalTitle → The Government Inspector self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ревизор

Moscow Art Theatre → notableWork → The Government Inspector ⓘ

George Faber → notableWork → The Government Inspector ⓘ