The Inspector General

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play satirical play

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

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Label Occurrences
The Inspector General canonical 2
Revizor 1
The Government Inspector (stage production) 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf play ⓘ
satirical play ⓘ
antagonistGroup corrupt town officials ⓘ
author Nikolai Gogol NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralCharacter Khlestakov NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralCharacterRole impostor mistaken for a government inspector ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Russian Empire ⓘ
criticizes abuse of power ⓘ
bribery ⓘ
provincial bureaucracy ⓘ
dramaticDevice farce ⓘ
mistaken identity ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1836 ⓘ
firstPerformancePlace Alexandrinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPublisher Nikolai Gogol NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasAdaptation The Inspector General (1949 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
various stage adaptations worldwide ⓘ
hasSubject government oversight ⓘ
moral hypocrisy ⓘ
social satire ⓘ
influenced later political satires ⓘ
literaryMovement Russian realism ⓘ
literaryPeriod 19th-century Russian literature ⓘ
mainTheme bureaucratic incompetence ⓘ
political corruption ⓘ
medium theatre ⓘ
notableCharacter Anna Andreyevna NERFINISHED ⓘ
Marya Antonovna NERFINISHED ⓘ
the Mayor ⓘ
notableScene final tableau revealing the real inspector ⓘ
originalLanguage Russian ⓘ
originalTitle Ревизор NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalTitleTransliteration Revizor NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Russian theatrical canon ⓘ
performedIn English ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
many world languages ⓘ
publicationCentury 19th century ⓘ
settingLocation provincial Russian town ⓘ
structure five acts ⓘ
tone comic ⓘ
satirical ⓘ

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The Government Inspector → alsoKnownAs → The Inspector General ⓘ
this entity surface form: Revizor
The Government Inspector → alsoKnownAs → The Inspector General ⓘ
Rhys Williams → notableWork → The Inspector General ⓘ
Chris Larkin → notableWork → The Inspector General ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Government Inspector (stage production)