A character in this play insists "she flogged herself!" when he thinks he is about to be questioned about an officer's widow whom he had beaten.
A character in this play insists "she flogged herself!" when he thinks he is about to be questioned about an officer's widow whom he had beaten. In this play's fourth act, the protagonist is successively approached by a judge, a postman, a school superintendent, and a superintendent of charities, all of whom he asks to lend him money. In this play's last scene, a gendarme's announcement prompts the cast to freeze in shock and remain in those poses for almost two minutes. (*) Dobchinsky and Bobchinsky spot the main character of this play in an inn, after which he is moved to a mansion where he flirts with Anna and her daughter Marya. After the main character proposes to the Governor's daughter and flees town, the title character of this play actually arrives. For 10 points, name this Nikolai Gogol play in which Khlestakov is mistaken for the title official.
A character in this play insists "she flogged herself!" when he thinks he is about to be questioned about an officer's widow whom he had beaten.
The Government Inspector [or The Inspector General; or Revizor; or Inspector]