PETR PERTSOV. .A RUSSIAN COMEDY OF MASKS' (FOR THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR)

Petr Pertsov's previously unknown article, .A Russian Comedy of Masks' (1911), written for the 75th anniversary of the premiere of Nikolai Gogol's play The Govern-ment Inspector, is published here for the first time. Pertsov describes Gogol's play as a Russian variation of commedia dell'arte. (c) 2023 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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This article introduces Petr Pertsov's previously unknown article "A Russian Comedy of Masks" (1911), which was written to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the premiere of Nikolai Gogol's play "The Government Inspector" and is published here for the first time. Pertsov describes Gogol's play as a Russian variation of the commedia dell'arte.