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The UN Inspector

The UN Inspector

by David Farr (Author)

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    Paperback 2005

    $13.54
Synopsis

Spotted at the Marriott by government aides in search of a decent cappuccino, a British businessman nonentity is mistaken for the dreaded UN inspector. While he exploits the situation for all it's worth, presidential panic ensues as ex-Soviet Ministers make farcical attempts to cover up the corruption that lies at the State's core. A riotous satire based on Gogol's masterpiece, The Government Inspector, David Farr's new play explores human greed and immorality in the highest places. The UN Inspector premiered at the National Theatre, London in June 2005.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 128
 Edition: Main
 Publisher: Faber
Published: 16 Jun 2005
ISBN 10: 0571228992
ISBN 13: 9780571228997
Book Overview: The UN Inspector by David Farr is a riotous satire, based on Nikolai Gogol's masterpiece The Government Inspector, exploring human greed and immorality in the highest places.

Author Bio
David Farr is a writer and director. His plays The Danny Crowe Show, Elton John's Glasses, Night of the Soul, Ramayana, The UN Inspector, The Heart of Robin Hood and a collection of adaptations have all been published by Faber. He was Artistic Director of London's Gate Theatre from 1995 to 1998, and Joint Artistic Director of Bristol Old Vic from 2002 to 2005. He has directed Coriolanus and Julius Caesar for the RSC and The UN Inspector for the National Theatre. In June 2005 he became Artistic Director of the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, where his productions included new versions of The Odyssey and Kafka's Metamorphosis. In 2009 he became Associate Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, where his productions of The Winter's Tale, King Lear and The Homecoming opened to critical acclaim. Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol (1809-52), the greatest Russian novelist and playwright of the early 19th century, wrote the first realist Russian plays. He is celebrated for his novel Dead Souls (1842) and his short stories 'The Overcoat' and 'Diary of a Madman'. His satirical masterpiece Government Inspector (1836; first seen in London in 1920) was so severely attacked that he went into exile in Rome, only returning in 1848. Other plays include Marriage and Gamblers. In later life he became a religious fanatic and starved to death soon after burning the second and third parts of Dead Souls.