Author(s): Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol

Performing Arts Drama Plays

Bumbling and inefficient town officials are thrown into a panic when they learn that a Government Inspector is coming, perhaps incognito. When a well-dressed rogue arrives, he realizes he is presumed to be the Inspector and takes advantage of the officials' dinners, bribes, etc. When the officials realize their mistake -- just after the rogue leaves -- the real Inspector arrives.