The Government Inspector, Part 3

Summary

1966 BBC production of The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol, presented in three parts in the series For Schools and Colleges.

Theatre play

The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol [more information]

Play synopsis

'A comedy of errors, satirizing human greed, stupidity, and the extensive political corruption of Imperial Russia’ (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Government_Inspector).

Production history

First published in 1836.

Date of transmission

Tuesday 29 November 1966

Time

2.05-2.35pm

Series

Schools

Channel

BBC2

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Michael Simpson

Playwright

Nikolai Gogol

Translator

Anthony Bosworth

Designer

Gordon Roland

Cast

Timothy Bateson	Dobchinsky
John Cater	Bobchinsky
Helen Cherry	Mayor’s Wife
Peter Clay	First Tradesman / Gendarme
Kenneth Colley	Postmaster
John Gill	Headmaster
Eileen Kennally	Headmaster’s Wife
John Malcolm	Second Tradesman
John McKelvey	Yosif
Anne Mitchell	Mayor’s Daughter
Clifford Parrish	Rastakovsky
Redmond Phillips	Judge
John Sharp	Medical Officer
John Wood	Lestakoff
Peter Woodthorpe	Mayor

Additional details

Play tags

19th-century setting; comedy; politics; Russia (Soviet Union etc), as theme or setting; Russian drama

Programme context tags

schools television programming

Audiovisual sources

Title

The Government Inspector (in 3 parts)

Archive

BBC Information and Archives [more information]

Address

White City
London
UK

Telephone

+44 (0)20 8008 2288

Website

http://www.bbc.co.uk/informationandarchives/

Access

BBC Information and Archives is not open to the public.

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 24 November 1966 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, p. 31

Associated programmes

The Government Inspector, Part 1 (BBC, 1966)
The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol
BBC2 (Schools)

The Government Inspector, Part 2 (BBC, 1966)
The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol
BBC2 (Schools)