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Tim McDonnell
Nikolai Gogol
Adapted from Nikolai Gogol.
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...
Adaptation/Translation
Full-Length
1
28 September 1987
Produced in association with John F. Everett and the Clashganna Mills Trust.
Produced by Focus Theatre
Project Arts Centre
Focus Theatre
6 Pembroke Placeoff Pembroke StreetDublin 2Republic of Ireland
All Territories
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The information for this entry was taken from the press release for the original production.