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Production still for "The Government Inspector". L-R: Greg Stone, Fayssal Bazzi, Robert Menzies, Eryn-Jean Norvill, Gareth Davies. Photographer: Pia Johnson
The Government Inspector
By Emily Barclay & Simon Stone
28 February 2014 – 23 March 2014 Merlyn Theatre
Malthouse Theatre, Belvoir,
New Adaptation Theatre Co-Production World Premiere
The Government Inspector was never meant to happen. Our season opener, The Philadelphia Story, was set to be the theatrical hit of the summer, with its star-studded cast and hot young director. Until the rights suddenly fell through. Enter The Government Inspector – though not the play you might be expecting.
With Emily Barclay at the ready to write and Ralph Myers ready to create a set to reveal laugh, Simon and his cast went mighty meta and created a play that plays with the absurdity and reality about faking it in the theatre – while riffing off The Government Inspector by Gogol (totally public domain), which is about a stranger being mistaken for someone important and the stranger making the most of his impostering.
This production transferred to Belvoir Street Theatre, 30 March - 18 May, 2014.
Cast
Creatives
![Paul Jackson](/media/iwbfn3l1/jackson-paul.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763239155330000)
Lighting Designer
![Lucy Guerin](/media/jxihso2l/guerin-lucy.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763238153470000)
Choreographer
Playwright
![Ralph Myers](/media/mtfdcy0s/myers-ralph.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763240793430000)
Set Designer
![Simon Stone](/media/joshf1we/stone-simon.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763242802830000)
Devisor, Director
![Stefan Gregory](/media/dszgry1x/gregory-stefan.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763238115430000)
Composer, Sound Designer
![Melissa Page](/media/0vbdjo2y/page-mel.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763241328430000)
Costume Designer
![Emily Barclay](/media/mpabq1xq/barclay-emily.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763234886030000)
Devisor
Acknowledgements
A Belvoir and Malthouse Theatre production.