The Inspector General

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

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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)