Adventures with the Classics? Nikolai Gogol’s „The Government Inspector” in the Interpretation of Łukasz Czuj Cover Image

Przygody z klasyką? „Rewizor” Mikołaja Gogola w interpretacji Łukasza Czuja
Adventures with the Classics? Nikolai Gogol’s „The Government Inspector” in the Interpretation of Łukasz Czuj

Author(s): Jadwiga Gracla
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Music, Studies of Literature, Russian Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: performance; production; “The Government Inspector”; “The Inspector General”; drama; genre

Summary/Abstract: The subject matter of the present analysis is Łukasz Czuj’s production titled “The Government Inspector”. The authoress juxtaposes the original text with the aforementioned interpretation, and points to numerous discrepancies. The divergences noticeable in Czuj’s production, such as different space arrangement, shift of focus, change in the genre, may result from the director’s fascination with the Russian culture of the 20s and 30s. However, the divergences are not motivated by the text of the drama, which leads to the conclusion that Czuj’s version, though admittedly interesting, is unfortunately inconsistent with the assumptions of the text.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 25
  • Page Range: 144-152
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Polish