“It is no use blaming the looking glass if your face is awry.” – Nikolai Gogol The Election Commission of India is the apex constitutional body for conducting elections for the Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, ...

A new production of Nikolai Gogol’s ‘The Inspector’ opens this week in New Haven. And his short story ‘The Nose’ might well ...

“He was a lonely person,” Kordonsky says. “He was full of fears and complexes. While he was as funny as they get, he didn't ...

Chichester Festival Theatre announces full casts for Anna Karenina and The Government Inspector, featuring Natalie Dormer and Tom Rosenthal.

Opening the Chichester Festival Theatre season this year will be The Government Inspector on the main-house stage – a show ...

Nikolai Gogol’s “The Inspector General,” originally published in 1836, is a comedy classic and a masterpiece of political satire. The story of a self-important and foppish young man who is mistaken ...

According to Kordonsky, his adaptation of Nikolai Gogol’s play strives to remain true to the play’s original themes while still being relatable for a modern audience. “We all watch the same news and ...

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Marc Laidlaw recalled their shared love of literature, how “a recurrent conversation of ours concerned Nikolai Gogol.” He explained, “Viktor urged me repeatedly to read The Nose and The ...

The Russian Centre for Science and Culture in Dar es Salaam continues to translate Russian classics into Swahili, with works by Alexander Pushkin, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Alexander Ostrovsky, Alexander ...

Nikolai Gogol’s 1836 play “The Inspector General” satirizes a Russian town in which a corrupt mayor mistakes a visitor for an inspector general who was expected to arrive for a planned ...