Konjus, the most staged play in the history of Bangladesh, will be staged today with new designs in set, light and costume. Loko Natyadal (Siddheshwari) will stage the play today for the 613th time at the National Theatre Hall of the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy at 7pm.
The play has been invited to this year’s International Theatre Festival in Monaco which will be held in August.
Based on playwright Molière’s world famous satirical comedy The Miser, Konjus has been adapted and scripted by Tariq Anam Khan while Liaquat Ali Lucky has been directing the play since its premiere in 1988.
The story of Kanjus is about a sixty-year-old very miserly person, Hiader Ali. He does not wish to spend even for his own son Kazim and daughter Laili. He has a big amount of money hidden in a pot in his garden.
Kazim is in love with neighbour Marjina, while Laili has a relationship with Bodiuzzaman, actually son of Haider’s friend Aslam Beg. The plot of the play comes to a climax when Haider Ali himself plans to marry Marjina.
Meanwhile another dramatic situation is created when Haider Ali’s hidden money gets stolen and the blame is falsely put on Bodiuzzaman by Kala Mia, the cook and rickshaw-puller of Haider.
In course of events, however, Haider Ali yields to his children’s choice only when Aslam Beg agrees to pay all the expenditure of the marriages.
