Synopsis
In the piece “O Inspetor Geral”, under the direction of Paulo José, Grupo Galpão makes use of comedy to talk about the imposture, hypocrisy and fear. The text, written in 1836, is as modern as the best plays in this century, specially for it's critical content and denouncement of the evils that afflict today's world: bribery, impunity, government corruption, the malversation of public money, the insensibility of the powerful ones in the face of famine and people's misery.
In the production's plot, a governor from a distant Imperial Russian province receives a letter from a friend in the capital, alerting him about the possible visit of a Government Inspector, named by the Czar, to make an inquest in the public administration on the furthest corners of the country. This Inspector travels incognito and in a secret mission, which terrorizes the governor and his advisors, corrupt administrators who exploit their governees.
A foreigner comes to satay in the city hotel. He does not say why he has come, and doesn't continue his travel. The assumption that he is the high official from Saint Petersburg becomes: he is the Government Inspector.
In truth, it is a small public official, Ivan Aleksandrovitch Klestakov, traveling towards a neighbor village, who lost all his money playing cards and can't afford the hotel expenses.
The extraordinary comical effect of Gógol's work is in the disproportion. The city residents see the visitor through the deformed lenses of their bad consciousness and the fear of justice, blind to what is really in from of them.
- Year
- 2003 — 2007
- Directed by
- Paulo José
Cast
Antonio Edson
Piotr Ivánovitch Bobtchinski (farmer) & merchant
Arildo de Barros
Amós Fiódorovitch Liapkin-Tiapkin (judge)
Eduardo Moreira
Anton Antônovitch (governor)
Fernanda Vianna
Maria Antônovna (governor's daughter)
Inês Peixoto
Ana Andrêievna (governor's wife)
Paulo André
Piotr Ivánovitch Dobtchinski (farmer) & merchant
Simone Ordones
Natália Kuzmínitchna Chpékina (mail chief) & Maid
Teuda Bara
Olga Lukínitchna (schools chief)
Chico Aníbal
Artêmi Filípovitch Zemlianika (hospitals director) & merchant
Geraldo Carrato
Óssip (servant) & messenger
Rodolfo Vaz
Ivan Aleksándrovitch Khlestakov
Technical Sheet
Dramaturgy
Cacá Brandão
Assistant Director
Scenography
Paulo José, Kika Lopes & Máximo Soalheiro
Lighting
Alexandre Galvão & Wladimir Medeiros
Repertory research and song lyrics
Paulo José
Musical Direction
Fernando Muzzi & Ernani Maletta
Preparation for choir and Arrangements
Ernani Maletta
Costumes
Kika Lopes
Instrumental Preparation, Arrangements and composer of “Tema do Inspetor" ("The Inspector's theme) Project Development and Scenarios execution
Fernando Muzzi
Vocal Coach
Babaya
Body training
Dudude Herrmann
Characterization
Mona Magalhães
Characterization Assistant
Cléia Tomaz
Scenotechnician
Helvécio Izabel
Accessories
Kika Lopes, Rosângela Nascimento, Carolina Andreazzi, Cássia Macieira & Espaço 111
Costumes Assistant
Rosângela Nascimento
Pilates Technique
Daniela Longo Sampaio
Costumes Assistant
Carolina Andreazzi
Male Sewing
José Macedo Leal
Female Sewing
Anna Morato
Photos
Guto Muniz
Graphic Project
Lápis Raro
Director of Production
Gilma Oliveira
Executive Production
Beatriz Radicchi
Overall Production
Grupo Galpão