[1] Dmitri Shostakovich tried to compose an opera of the same title based upon the play.
The play was first published in a publication called "The Works of Nikolai Gogol" in 1842.
Ikharev, a gambler who had just won 80 thousand rubles checks into an inn in a small Russian town.
They propose to join forces: Mr. Glov, a rich landowner is in town waiting to collect 200,000 rubles from a bank.
Once the trio leaves town with his money Ikharev is told "the Glovs" and the official were their accomplices in an elaborate plot to part him with his winnings.