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...INSPECTOR GENERAL...
Bureaucracy, corruption, greed, sycophancy and fear lend themselves to comedy of universal scope, and that is why Gogol's The Inspector General, written 143 years ago, was born deathless...
...these officials live by deceit, they are slaves of self-deception. Trying to identify the incognito inspector, they settle on a newcomer at the local hotel who has overdrawn his credit and is foppish, imperious and curious. Actually, Ivan Alexandrovich Khlestakov (Max Wright) is a petty clerk who has gone broke gambling. When the mayor approaches him, Khlestakov assumes that he is about to be thrown into jail. As the mutual misconceptions multiply, the fun flies like...
Puzzled but pleased by his appointed role, the "inspector" bilks the town fathers out of all their ready cash, almost seduces the mayor's wife and daughter and promptly blows town. Like a doomsday bell, the play ends with the imminent arrival of the real inspector general...
Dunster St., which has been closed to traffic since Monday, should be open to cars again tomorrow, Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) Inspector Mike A. Auriemma said yesterday...