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Theatre, Film and Dance Department - Cornell University

May Events

The Government Inspector
Adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher from the Nikolai Gogol classic
April 29-May 1, 6-8
Kiplinger Theatre

The Government Inspector is a biting satire and political farce that lampoons bribery, corruption and greed in a wacky, Russian small town.  Written in 1835 by one of Russia’s master playwrights, the witty text (in a new adaptation by Jeffrey Hatcher, first performed at the famed Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis last season) rings as true and incredible as today’s headlines.