Written by Nikolai V. Gogol
An adaptation by Peter Raby
Based on a translation by Leonid Ignatieff
 

Directed by Esther P. Lane
 

Like most of the great classic plays it is a timely play. Though the play is set in the 1830's, it could happen in America today. The play centers around flap occurs when a petty officer is mistaken for a government inspector.