OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Tim McDonnell 

• Adapted / Translated From

  Nikolai Gogol

• Author Notes

  Adapted from Nikolai Gogol.

• Synopsis

  Axenty Ivanovich Poprishchin is a minor civil servant who spends most of his day sharpening pens. He's obsessed with class, rank, status and his own lack of all three. He's badly dressed, his hair sticks out like hay and he's madly in love with the boss's daughter, who hasn't noticed that he exists. One day he hears two dogs talking on the streets...

• Play Type

  Adaptation/Translation
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  1

• Total

  1

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  28 September 1987

• Production Notes

  Produced in association with John F. Everett and the Clashganna Mills Trust.

• Producer

  Produced by Focus Theatre

• Original Venue

  Project Arts Centre
  

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the press release for the original production.