Curtain fell on five-day theatre festival yesterday, with staging highly acclaimed plays Konjush and Circus Circus on Friday at 7pm at the National Theatre Hall and Experimental Theatre Hall of BSA in the capital.
Based on playwright Molière's world famous satirical comedy, The Miser, Konjush has been adapted and dramatised by Tariq Anam Khan and directed by Liaquat Ali Lucky. The play is the most staged play in Bangladesh. Through situational satire, humour and crude slapstick, Konjush weaves the story of two families living in Old Dhaka. The story of miser Haider Ali brings out some hidden negative tendencies of the elite people in a comic way. To make the play enjoyable, Tariq Anam used the typical Dhakaia dialect (a mixture of Bangla and Urdu).
On the other hand, Circus Circus depicts cultural oppression in post-Liberation Bangladesh. Directed by Azad Abul Kalam, the play tells the story of a circus troupe, The Great Bengal Circus that was widely famed under its founder owner Laksman Das. In the course of events, the company arrives at a village to put up a show. It is plagued by a number of problems-unskilled performers, strained relationship and rivalry among the members and more.
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