The Government Inspector at Marin Art and Garden Center: Barn Theatre

Gogols classic 19th Century comedy of errors and mistaken identity has been updated for todays audiences by Jeffrey Hatcher, not unlike a Marx Brothers comedy. When local officials in a small Russian town learn that an undercover government official is coming, the whole village is sent into a world of panic, hasty cover ups and greed. A low-level clerk from St. Petersburg, with his own larcenous bent, is mistaken for the inspector.Fearing the visit will uncover the towns well-established pattern of corruption, local officials from the Mayor down set off in a flurry of activity to cover up their various histories of public misdeeds. The result is a frantic and hilarious merry-go-round of corruption, lust and certifiable self-delusion. An evening of pure fun.

Authors

• Nikolai Vassilievitch Gogol