Gogol: Plays and Selected Writings

These translations of Gogol’s plays restore the vitality of Gogol’s language and humour, finally allowing his dramatic art to speak directly to Western readers, directors, actors and theatre-goers. This volume contains
The Government Inspector
and
Marriage
- Gogol’s greatest full-length plays - and a one-act satire,
The Gamblers . Also included are writings on theatre from Gogol’s notebooks and correspondences, as well as an appendix and extensive introduction.