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The State Small Theatre of Vilnius: The Government Inspector

Venue:

Daning Theatre

1222 Pingxingguan Lu Zhabei Shanghai

Date:

5/10/2019 - 5/12/2019

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The State Small Theatre of Vilnius: The Government Inspector

5/10/2019 - 5/12/2019

Daning Theatre

1222 Pingxingguan Lu Zhabei Shanghai

￥100 - ￥500

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- Show Lasts 200 mins (with two 20 mins intermissions)

When the locals in a small town in Russia learn that an undercover government inspector is coming for a surprise visit, an unfortunate case of mistaken identity sends the village spiraling into a world of panic and greed.

The Government Inspector is often said to be Nikolai Gogol’s masterpiece, a comedy of errors that provides clever commentary on the extensive political wrongdoing of Imperial Russia. When it opened, it caused an uproar in the Russian press.

The inspiration for The Government Inspector came from a conversation between Gogol and Alexander Pushkin, another famous Russian writer. Apparently, Pushkin had actually been mistaken for a government inspector at one point in his life. He mentioned this to Gogol, who then turned it into a play. Witty, smart and wildly satirical, The Government Inspector exposes the corruption of a provincial town with biting hilarity.

Performance: The State Small Theatre of Vilnius

A theatre is only possible when there is a director with his own theatre vision. The history of the State Small Theatre of Vilnius is firstly the theatre vision history of director Rimas Tuminas. Rimas Tuminas staged his first performance in 1978, theatre critics spoke about a distinctive theatrical language, about performances which “became example of more conditional psychological acting, which was based on poetical, lyrical elements and proved the director’s intentions to search for his own theatre language, to experiment”.