Photo of episode 9, “Bribes,” Inspector General

Episode 9, “Bribes,” Inspector General, based on the play by Nikolai Gogol, adapted by Vsevolod Meyerhold and Mikhail Korenev, directed by Vsevolod Meyerhold, Meyerhold Theatre (GosTIM), Moscow (premiere: December 9, 1926). Photo by Alexei Temerin. КП 180170/910. Copyright © A. A. Bakhrushin State Central Theatre Museum, Moscow.

From The Director's Prism: E. T. A. Hoffmann and the Russian Theatrical Avant-Garde by Dassia N. Posner

In this famous photograph, Khlestakov (Garin), the officer-in-transit (Kelberer), and Osip (Fadeev) sit center on a bare stage while white-gloved hands with white packages (the bribes) emerge from the many doors that surround them. See book: p. 85, 86; figure 21
Creator(s)	Temerin, Alexei
Creator Role	photographer
Contributor(s)	Garin, Erast (actor) Kelberer, Alexei (actor) Gogol, Nikolai (author) Korenev, Mikhail (author) Fadeev, S. S. (actor) Meyerhold, Vsevolod (director and author)
Subjects	Performing Arts
Date	Premiere: December 9, 1926
Related Section	Chapter 1: Meyerhold-Dapertutto: Framing the Grotesque
Keywords	framing devices plural perspective grotesque physical training Meyerhold Theatre
Content Type	photograph
Citable Link	Citable Link

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