Play on Words

full length · satire

The Inspector-General

by Nikolai Gogol

21 roles (17M / 4F) · approx 146–201 minutes · 5 acts

Royalty-free Public domain — free to read, perform, and adapt. No licence needed.

Characters

Khlestakov lead 234 speeches
Governor lead 171 speeches
Anna supporting 87 speeches
Artemy supporting 48 speeches
Osip supporting 46 speeches
Ammos minor 43 speeches
Marya minor 43 speeches
Postmaster minor 40 speeches
Dobchinsky minor 38 speeches
Bobchinsky minor 37 speeches
Servant minor 25 speeches
Luka minor 21 speeches
Merchants minor 12 speeches
Korobkin minor 11 speeches
Mishka minor 9 speeches
Captain minor 7 speeches
Widow minor 6 speeches
All minor 5 speeches
Judge minor 5 speeches
Svistunov minor 4 speeches
Postilion minor 4 speeches
Korobkin'S Wife minor 4 speeches
Luka Lukich minor 3 speeches

Read the play

The above and the Servant, accompanied by Osip. Bobchinsky peeps in at the door.

Servant. Did your Honor wish anything?

Khlestakov. Yes, let me have the bill.

Servant. I gave you the second one a little while ago.

Khlestakov. Oh, I can't remember your stupid accounts. Tell me what the whole comes to.

Servant. You were pleased to order dinner the first day. The second day you only took salmon. And then you took everything on credit.

Khlestakov. Fool! [Starts to count it all up now.] How much is it altogether?

Governor. Please don't trouble yourself. He can wait. [To the Servant.] Get out of here. The money will be sent to you.

Khlestakov. Yes, that's so, of course. [He puts the money in his pocket.]

The Servant goes out. Bobchinsky peeps in at the door.

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