The Government Inspector
14+Text adaptation by Valeri Otkhozoria
- Director - Giorgi Kashia
- Set and Costume Designer - Anano Dolidze
- Composer - Giorgi Jgharkava
- Assistant Director - Elene Komakhidze
- Stage manager - Nato Glonti
Cast:
- Anton Antonovich Gorodnichy – Tite Komakhidze
- Amos Fyodorovich – Zaal Goguadze
- Khlestakov – Davit Jaqeli
- Aleksei Kuznetsov – Kote Mzhavia
- Anna Andreyevna – Tatuli Edisherashvili
- Maria Orlova – Meri Nakashidze
- Polina Alexeyevna – Lia Abuladze
- Dobchinsky – Zaza Zoidze, Misha Ghomidze
- Bobchinsky – Sese Mikava, Zurab Gorgiladze
- Maria Antonovna – Salome Bedineishvili, Mariam Gvelesiani
- Osip – Tornike Baramidze, Tamango Jgheria
- Ukhovertov – Lasha Kontselidze
- School Inspector – Levan Tedoradze
- Merchant Abdulin – Jemal Veliadze
- District Doctor – Nodar Iakobadze
- Lulukov – Nodar Dzidziguri
- Rastakovsky – Avtandil Karchava
- Polshepnika – Nato Gogitauri
- Bishop – Gogita Megrelidze
- Inn Servant – Nana Kikvadze
- Svistunov – Ramaz Ghorjomeladze
- Mishka – Luka Cheishvili, Davit Mamrikishvili
- District Servant – Nina Diasamidze
- Servants’ Chorus - Mariam Mghebrishvili, Ani Meladze, Keta Baramidze, Mariam Endeladze
- Children - Giorgi Jashi, Datuna Sagharadze
Synopsis:
At the Batumi Drama Theatre, director Giorgi Kashia continues his engagement with classical repertoire, presenting his second production within a short span of time. His previous work was an adaptation of David Kldiashvili’s Darispan’s Trouble, while his latest staging brings Nikolai Gogol’s The Government Inspector to the stage in a new interpretation.
It is well known that Gogol borrowed the plot of the play from Alexander Pushkin. It is a rare and fascinating phenomenon when a single story inspires two distinguished artistic minds, each shaping it into an independent and accomplished work.
"The Government Inspector," a dramatic masterpiece that exposes the ways of Russian society and, in its finale, addresses an eternal, universal theme. In the end, the true inspector inevitably arrives, like judgment itself, the unquestionable arbiter of our existence...
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