Georgij Tovsztonogov: The Government Inspector, 1973.
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Analysis by ÁRPÁD KÉKESI KUN


Title: The Government Inspector

Date of Premiere: 11th March, 1973

Venue: National Theatre, Budapest

Director: Georgy Tovstonogov

Author: Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol

Translators: Dezső Mészöly, Pál Mészöly

Dramaturg: István Forgács

Set designer: Georgy Tovstonogov

Costume designer: K. Dobuzinsky

Choreographer: Attila Bánhidi

Company: National Theatre, Budapest

Actors: Ferenc Kállai (Anton Antonovich Skvoznik-Dmuhanovsky, Mayor), Hédi Váradi (Anna Andreyevna, wife of the Mayor), Mariann Moór (Marya Antonovna, daughter of the Mayor), János Rajz (Khlopov, Director of Education), Lajos Básti (Lyapkin-Tyapkin, Magistrate), Gellért Raksányi (Zyemlyanika, Commisioner for Health), István Avar (Postmaster), József Horváth (Bobchinsky, local landowner), János Horkai (Dobchinsky, local landowner), László Szacsvay (Khlestakov, a civil servant from Petersburg), Tamás Major (Osip, his servant), István Pathó (Gibner, local physician), Richárd Szél (Lyulyukov), Lajos Sugár ( Rastakovsky), István Velenczey (Korobkin), Mária Majláth (Korobkin’s wife), Elemér Tarsoly (Ukhovyortov, Police Superintendent), János Katona (Svistunov, police constable), István Wohlmuth (Pugovitsin), Péter Szirmai (Derzhimorda), Tibor Kun (Waiter), Miklós Benedek (Mishka, servant of the mayor), Imre Sinkovits (Voice of the author).