Photo of episode 4, “After Penza,” Inspector General

Episode 4, “After Penza,” 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. Laurence Senelick Collection.

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

In this photograph, Khlestakov (Garin) sits bundled up on a Russian tiled stove in his untidy room at the local inn, nursing an ostensible toothache, while Dobchinsky (Mologin, left) and the Mayor (Starkovsky, above) enter down the curved staircase. This episode was the only one in the production to have a set that was flown in. See book: p. 83
Creator(s)	Temerin, Alexei
Creator Role	photographer
Contributor(s)	Garin, Erast (actor) Gogol, Nikolai (author) Starkovsky, Petr (actor) Mologin, Nikolai (actor) Korenev, Mikhail (author) Meyerhold, Vsevolod (director and author)
Subjects	Performing Arts
Date	Premiere: December 9, 1926
Related Section	Chapter 1: Meyerhold-Dapertutto: Framing the Grotesque
Keywords	grotesque physical training doubles forestage Meyerhold Theatre parade perspective shifts
Content Type	photograph
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Rightsholder	Laurence Senelick
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Rights Granted	non-exclusive, one-time, world rights in all languages
Credit Line	Laurence Senelick Collection
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