Popular Russian Play Jamaicanised (4 PHOTOS)

The mayor's housekeeper, Mickey (Sasha Belnavis), assists his guest Scarlett (Jodi-Ann Robinson) 
in a scene from the 'Inspector General' held recently at the Dennis Scott Studio Theatre.

The Inspector General is a satirical play by Nikolai Gogol, Russian playwright and novelist. Originally published in 1836, and based on a tale of a small town facing inspection from an elusive government official, the play is a comedy of errors, satirising human greed, stupidity, and the extensive political corruption of Imperial Russia.

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One track mind: Russian teen hi-jacks tram

A 15-year-old boy has temporarily had his dream come true – for 40 minutes he took control of a tram, having hijacked the vehicle during a workers’ lunch break and successfully driven along the line for several kilometers. RIA Novosti / Vitaly Belousov

A 15-year-old boy has temporarily had his dream come true – for 40 minutes he took control of a tram, having hijacked the vehicle during a workers’ lunch break and successfully driven along the line for several kilometers.

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