Ivan Aleksandrovich Khlestakov Monologue from The Inspector-General

From The Inspector-General by Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol

male · comedic · 1:05 min

Yes, for the papers, too. I am the author of a lot of works--The Marriage of Figaro, Robert le Diable, Norma. I don't even remember all the names. I did it just by chance. I hadn't meant to write, but a theatrical manager said, "Won't you please write something for me?" I thought to myself: "All right, why not?" So I did it all in one evening, surprised everybody. I am extraordinarily light of thought. All that has appeared under the name of Baron Brambeus was written by me, and the The Frigate of Hope and The Moscow Telegraph. (ANNA: What! So you are Brambeus?) Why, yes. And I revise and whip all their articles into shape. Smirdin gives me forty thousand for it. (ANNA: I suppose, then, that Yury Miroslavsky is yours too.) Yes, it's mine.

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