By Nikolai Gogol, Adapted by Dan Rebellato
Directed by Hannah Bradley Croall
19:00 Tue 03 – Fri 06 Nov 2026
Pianodrome Bruntsfield, St Oswald’s Centre
Tickets £15.90 (incl. fees)
EGTG Members receive £3 off with the Dead Souls discount code.
Chichikov is a man with a plan. If he can persuade landowners to transfer to him ownership of all the serfs who have died since the last census, he will look on paper like a very wealthy man. As he rides in his carriage from estate to estate, encountering ever more absurd characters, his greed and ambition grow – but so too do the suspicions of those he meets.
Based on the novel by Nikolai Gogol and adapted by Dan Rebellato, the play was written for BBC Radio 4’s Classic Serial programme and was first broadcast in 2006. The radio play starred Mark Heap as Chichikov and Michael Palin as the Narrator. Where the second book of Gogol’s novel is incomplete, Rebellato has embellished and restructured the story to create a complete two part drama that emphasises the picaresque nature of the tale.
Cast
Chichikov: Adrian Moore
Narrator: Esther Gilvray
Tentetnikov, Nozdryov, Ensemble: Calum Rosie
Koshkaryov, Khlobuyev, Ensemble: Fiona Hourston
Selifan, Kopeykin, Ensemble: Jasper Price
Sobakevich, Betrischev, Ensemble: John Moore
Ulinka, Irina, Koshka, Ensemble: Kelsey Walters
Korobochka, Ensemble: Linda Orr
Manilov, Kostanzhoglo, Ensemble: Steven Bradley Croall
Creative Team
Director: Hannah Bradley Croall
Asst. Director/Stage Manager: Trudy Lynn
Illustration: Grungiest Bunny