The Examiner is a legend of the Tabakov Theater. And if “Sailor Silence” is a legendary tragedy, then “Examiner” is a legendary comedy. The performance, on which everyone laughed, wandered around the world for a long time and returned to his house. Following Nikolai Gogol, Sergei Gazarov in The Inspector General explores the nature of fantastic deception. How did it happen that the one who “cheated on scammers” was so cruelly deceived? And why was the plot about dropping in a squandering youth, taken for an auditor from St. Petersburg, to be immortal?
Sergei Gazarov: “Of course, this is a comedy and will always remain a comedy. But I want to consider the drama of the smartest, most terrible person - the City Man. Wise and experienced person. How did the twenty-two-year-old Khlestakov deceive him? Could this even happen in life, for example, today? And Khlestakov? There is no such person, it cannot be. This is air. He does not deceive anyone, he fantasizes - this is the flight of the soul. But why do they believe in the air, they are afraid of the air, why do they listen to the lunatics and do not trust themselves? These are questions that unfold this play of Gogol in a completely different direction! ”
In the role of the mayor of Skvoznik-Dmukhanovsky - Vladimir Mashkov. The role of Khlestakov is Vladislav Miller, probably the youngest Khlestakov in the history of the Russian scene.