The Government Inspector

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Event The Government Inspector
Venue Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
First Date 17 February 1971
Opening Date 17 February 1971
Last Date 20 March 1971
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Comedy about mistaken identity and council corruption in a small town. A corrupt mayor and his officials are alarmed to hear rumours of the impending arrival of a government inspector. Evidently this fellow will be travelling 'incognito'. Thrown into a panic, the mayor and his officials desperately struggle to stifle public dissatisfaction whilst deflecting the blame for their many and various misdemeanours onto each other.
Description Source Other
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Satire
Black Comedy
Mask
Subjects Corruption
Politicians
Politics
Towns
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
John Allen Actor
Alison Bird Actor
Matthew Burton Actor
Simon Chilvers Actor
Jennifer Claire Actor
Lloyd Cunnington Actor
William de Goode Actor
Marion Edward Actor
Diana Greentree Actor
Brian James Actor
Rona McLeod Actor
John Orcsik Actor
Frederick Parslow Actor
Martin Phelan Actor
Malcolm Phillips Actor
Robin Ramsay Actor
Deidre Rubenstein Actor
David Spurling Actor
Gary Wastell Actor
Kristian Fredrikson Costume Designer
George Ogilvie Director
Nigel Levings Lighting Designer
Nikolai Gogol Playwright
Simon Hopkinson Production Manager
Kristian Fredrikson Set Designer
Hugh Rule Stage Manager
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Russia
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Sourced from original programme and advertisement What's On Interstate in programme for The Old Tote Theatre's production of The Man of Mode. Performed with masks.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme Dennis Wolanski Library collection at UNSW Library
Cast List MTC Records
Event Identifier 5600
Dataset AusStage