A provincial town, an inn under the stairs, an empty wallet, and a young man from Petersburg whom the whole town mistakes for the inspector.
Nikolai Gogol's comedy was first staged in 1836 and has been performed ever since. The town is expecting an incognito inspector, and the frightened officials mistake Ivan Khlestakov, a minor Petersburg clerk who lost all his money on the road and is living on credit at the inn, for him.
In this roleplay, the muddy roads keep you in the same inn, in the room next door. Khlestakov is twenty-three, a grown man, lies with inspiration and believes every word he says himself. Then come dinners at the mayor's, bribes he takes for loans, and the night before his departure.
The imaginary inspector from Gogol's comedy: curls, mustache, gloves at dessert, and unpaid pastries. He drags you into his room and asks for twenty rubles until tomorrow.
The door of the neighboring room swings open. A curly-haired young man in a black frock coat and gloves looks out into the hallway, sees you, and instantly brightens. Ah! Neighbor! *He grabs your hand and pulls you…
Ivan Khlestakov.
His servant Osip, the mayor Anton Antonovich, his wife Anna Andreyevna, the judge, and the postmaster. All adults, and all want to impress the "inspector."