The government inspector;

The Government Inspector is a satirical comedy about a small provincial town whose officials are alarmed to hear that an inspector from the capital is travelling in secret to examine them. Each of them has plenty to hide. When a penniless young traveller arrives at the local inn, they mistake him for the dreaded visitor and rush to please him. The play is a lively study of corruption, fear and self-deception, and it remains one of the most performed comedies in Russian theatre.