Rewizor w pół drogi
Halfway to the Government Inspector

Summary/Abstract: A review of Nikolai Gogol’s The Government Inspector, directed by Marek Fiedor (S. Jaracz Theater in Łódź, premiere: 12.11.2011). The author notes that the director has tried to bring Gogol’s drama up to date. To this end, he made the main theme the relationship between the Polish countryside and its inhabitants. Olkusz notes, however, that the topic is dated: “This is less a play about Poland from the 7th term of the Sejm than of the first post-communist term.” The author puts forward the thesis that if the director had made a play about a provincial government in our day, it would turn out that “Gogol’s text – happily – would cease to be relevant.” The play therefore leaves the audience wanting.

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