The Government Inspector

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by Lion and Unicorn Players5 August 2010

Nov 11th 2010 7:30 pm to Nov 13th 2010 7:30 pm
Nov 13th 2010 2:30 pm

Lion and Unicorn Players to stage The Government Inspector

One of the great comedies of the last two hundred years comes to Petersfield (Hampshire) in Lion and Unicorn Players’ autumn production of Nikolai Gogol’s classic, The Government Inspector.

When the locals in a small town in Russia in the mid nineteenth century learn that an undercover government inspector is coming for a surprise visit, an unfortunate case of mistaken identity sends the village spiralling into a world of panic and backstabbing. The Government Inspector exposes the corruption of a provincial town in a way that is both very funny and satirical. This new version by David Francombe and Jill Hancock wittily identifies parallels with more recent events nearer to home.

The Government Inspector will be presented in Petersfield’s Festival Hall at 7.30 pm on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 11th, 12th & 13th November with a Saturday matinee at 2.30 pm. Tickets will go on sale on the 18th October at One Tree Books.

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Lion and Unicorn Players

The Lion and Unicorn Players was formed in 1959 by a small group of people with a passion for drama. It has always been the Players' policy to stage plays of depth and quality, comedy and even very occasionally farce as well as tragedy, but nothing so lightweight that it does not repay the time and effort put in by both the group and its audiences. Playwrights performed over the years have included Shakespeare, Shaw, Ibsen, Christopher Fry (who personally attended several of his plays), T.S. Eliot, Arthur Miller, Charles Williams, Tom Stoppard, David Hare, Robert Bolt, J.B. Priestly, Alan Bennett and Alan Ayckborun. The Group also prides itself in its set and costume design, both of which have attracted their own accolades. Lion and Unicorn Players also came first and second in the last ever Petersfield Drama Festival. We have recently won an Accolade of Excellence ...