Loughbrough Public School

Jeff Green | Jun 15, 2016

Actors in the production of an original play, the Inspector General, performed it for school mates and their parents last Friday, September 10.

The play was written by dramatist Christine Harvey and the Not So Amateur Amateur Theatre from Inverary, who spent a week at Loughborough working with the students.

The play is loosely based on Nickolai Gogol's satirical play, The Government Inspector, a Russian masterwork originally published in 1836. Amazingly enough, a tale of municipal corruption from old Russia was easily understandable not only by the actors from the intermediate grades, but even students in the audience who were in primary grades seemed to understand. Under Harvey's constant encouragement, the actors delivered their lines with verve, and the audience response was enthusiastic.