The two-day Molière Theatre Festival ended on Friday with the 100th show of theatre troupe Swattik Natya Sampraday’s presentation of
French playwright Molière’s Pejge.
The festival was organised by Swattik Natya Sampraday to observe the 19th founding anniversary of the troupe at the same time to celebrate the 100th show of Pejge by the troupe.‘The French playwright Molière is one of the most popular playwrights in the West. His plays are regularly staged across the world. As we celebrate the 100th show of our successful production Pejge, we decided to arrange the festival as Molière festival,’ said Sagir Mostafa, a member of Swattik Natya Sampraday.
The troupe’s production Pejge is an adaptation of Molière’s Le Médecin Malgré Lui. Adapted by Apu Aman and directed by Kamruzzaman Tupa, Pejge is an out and out comedy.
The play features human folly, fraudulence and corruption through the depiction of a comic carpenter.
Earlier on Thursday, Loko Natydal staged its acclaimed production Kanjush which is an adaptation of Molière’s popular play The Miser as part of the festival.
Loko Natydal’s Kanjush has the record of having the highest number of shows, sources say. On Thursday, the troupe staged the 628th show of the play.
Additionally, Loko Natydal has the credit of staging the play at the prestigious Monaco theatre festival Mondial du Théâtre last August.
Kanjush has been adapted by the popular theatre personality and veteran actor Tarik Anam Khan and directed by the troupe president and the director general of BSA Liaquat Ali Lucky.
The play appeals and entertains the audience mostly for the use of comic dialogues in the local Dhakaiya dialect.
On Thursday evening a good number of audience enjoyed Konjush at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.
‘This is second time I enjoyed Loko Natyadal’s Konjush. Their adaptation of the original in local dialect is really amusing,’ said one of the audience Sandipan Biswas after the show.
‘I thank Swattik Natya Sampraday for arranging Molière festival. More of Molière’s plays should be brought to stage,’ said Golam Kuddus, general secretary of Sammilito Sangskritik Jote, who was present on the inaugural day as the chief guest.
-With New Age input
