THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR by NIKOLAI GOGOL Explained | Summary | Themes | Analysis | Explanation

The Government Inspector is a five-act play by the Russian-Ukrainian author, Nikolai Gogol written by the end of 1935 in just two months. It was first performed at the Aleksandrovsky Theatre in St Petersburg on 19 April 1836. Set in a small isolated provincial Russia in the 1830s, it is a comedy of errors and the case of mistaken identity. The play is also known as The Inspector General, is based on an alleged tale told to Gogol by the poet Alexander Pushkin. 🔔Subscribe for Poetry Analysis    / @filmitea   🔔Subscribe for Novel/Drama/Short Stories    / @thecursedculture   Timestamps:- 0:38 - Act 1 Summary 1:30 - Act 2 2:08 - Act 3 2:48 - Act 4 3:46 - Act 5 4:50 - Mute Scene 5:14 - Bureaucratic Corruption & Political Exploitation 6:04 - Systematic Tyranny & Social Hierarchy 6:27 - Avarice & Deception 7:07 - Moral Depravity 8:03 - Self-preservation #nikolaigogol #gogol #inspectorgeneral #government #inspector #nikolai