The action of the play unfolds in a hotel room within the provincial town of NN, to which the collegiate counselor Chichikov returns after having completed his business with the surrounding landowners.  Here, he passes his last three days and three nights before being exposed…

Awards: State Prize of Russia (1994), Golden Mask for Season’s Best Production (1994), Crystal Turandot for Best Direction (1994), Second Main Prize of the Festival and Prize of the Festival to Avangard Leontiev for Best Male Role (Kontakt-95, Toruń, Poland).

Tours: Zürich (Switzerland), Novosibirsk (Russia), Toruń and Kraków (Poland), Berlin (Germany), Saint Petersburg (Russia), Nancy, Avignon, Strasbourg, Lille, and Toulouse (France), Helsinki (Finland), Göteborg (Sweden), Antwerp (Belgium), and Washington, D.C. (USA).

The premiere was held on 2/10/1994
Performance duration: 1 h. 20 min.

Staged by:
Adaptation and Direction — Valery Fokin
Scene Design — Alexander Velikanov
Costume Design — Nelli Fomina
Music — Alexander Bakshi.

Performed by:
Avangard Leontiev, Valery Yeremichev, Sergei Sazontev, Denis Yakovlev, Irina Mishina, Tatyana Ivchenko, Olga Matveyeva, Olga Ryzhenko, Tatyana Karelova, Yuri Fainkin, Nikolai Lgovsky, Vladimir Goloukhov, Sergei Folomeshkin, Ilya Lavrov, Ivan Zabiyaka.