Marylebone theatre, LondonKiell Smith-Bynoe and Martha Howe-Douglas ably embody Gogol's schemers, but this show doesn't hit any 21st-century targets You can see why, in 2024, one might revive Gogol's play about rampant government corruption, and adaptor/director Patrick Myles asserts its topicality in the programme notes as well as onstage. "You're laughing at yourselves!" Dan Skinner's puffed-up provincial governor …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AM on May 9, 2024