An Inspector General

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Event An Inspector General
Venue New Theatre, Sydney (1943-1954), Sydney, NSW
First Date 13 December 1952
Opening Date 13 December 1952
Last Date 1 March 1953
Dates Estimated No
Status Pro-Am
World Premiere No
Description About a young civil servant, Khlestakov, who finds himself stranded in a small provincial town. By mistake, he is taken by the local officials to be a government inspector, who is visiting their province incognito. Khlestakov happily adapts to his new role and exploits the situation. His true identity is revealed but then arrives the real inspector.
Description Source Other
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
John Armstrong Actor First Landowner
Dennis Batterham Actor Mayors Servant
Laurence Booth Actor Postmaster
Enid Boyce Actor Mayors Daughter
Joe Cava Actor Constable
Harold Ciddor Actor Merchant
Betty Cole Actor Mayors Wife
Frank Curtain Actor The Judge
Evelyn Docker Actor Sergeants Wife
Dulcie Faulkner Actor Locksmith Wife / Judges Wife
Bob Griffith Actor Inn Waiter
Bob Griffith Actor Retired Official
Phillip Humphrey Actor The Imposter
Mignon Michell Actor School Inspectors Wife
Syd Miller Actor Second Landownder
Tom Posa Actor Servant / Gendarme from Petersburg
James C Steele Actor Charity Commissioner
Les Tanner Actor School Superintendent / Merchant
Ross Thomas Actor Mayors Servant
Kenneth Warren Actor The Mayor
Robert Webb Actor Merchant
Marie Gardner Designer
Shirley Keane Director
Nikolai Gogol Playwright
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Russia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme Dennis Wolanski Library collection at UNSW Library
Book The New Years, 1932 - The Plays, People and Events of Six Decades of Sydney's Radical New Theatre, New Theatre, 1992.
Correspondence
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 21787