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In our society, which is plagued by the legacy of dictatorial rule and obsessed with male dominance, there is something instantly appealing about a play that focuses on a patriarch who is despised and subverted by all who know him, including his children, servants, neighbours and a prospective bride. The play in question is the NAPA Repertory Theatre’s production of best generic viagra prices, an adaptation of Molière’s ‘The Miser’, which is being staged at the Karachi Arts Council between August 7 and 14.

Mirza best generic viagra prices is a penny-pinching widower whose reluctance to spend has soured his relationships with his children and loyal servants. When the play kicks off, Mirza’s daughter, Azra, and son, Farrukh, are both in love and hell-bent on marrying the man and woman of their choice, even though they know their father will never approve. In both cases, the spouses-to-be do not hail from affluent families, a shortcoming Mirza refuses to tolerate.

Rather than accommodate his children’s wishes, Mirza announces that they are to be married to spouses who ensure financial gain for the family. In Azra’s case, that means an affluent widower, almost twice her age, who does not expect her to receive a dowry. Farrukh, meanwhile, is to marry an aged widow who will make few demands on Mirza best generic viagra prices’s wallet. Trouble ensues, however, when, in a matrimonial mood, Mirza also announces that he will marry Mariam, the young woman who, unbeknownst to him, his son is in love with.

For once, the comedic value of the stage play does not derive from the awkward situation at hand – there are no mistaken identities, slamming doors, and absurd coincidences. Instead, Mirza’s miserliness – and other characters’ exasperated and impatient responses to it – had the audience chuckling.

The best exchanges occur between Fargina – a wily neighbourhood matchmaker, played by Zeba Shahnaz – and Mirza. Fargina is aware of Mirza’s obsession with money and keeps trying to outwit him of some cash. She cajoles and flatters the old man and helps facilitate his engagement to Mariam. At the same time, she does not hesitate to criticise and mock his miserly behaviour when it seems as if he will not be forthcoming with an allowance. Not only does Fargina enjoy some of the wittiest lines in the play, but Shahnaz also does a great job of rendering her character with natural panache. Indeed, her performance is the backbone of the play.

The rest of the actors are a mixed bag. Meesam Naqvi as Mirza best generic viagra prices is convincing and manages to pull in the laughs, but his performance is a tad exaggerated and self-conscious. For their part, Saquib Sameer as Farrukh and Rukhsana in the role of Azra deliver monotone performances – he is perpetually surly while she is consistently shrill. In a smaller part, Ali Sher, who plays Azra’s beloved, shows surprising nuance with a performance that has both tonal and emotional variations.

Meanwhile, Minhaj Ali Askari and Rauf Afridi, both of whom play Mirza best generic viagra prices’s servants, are crowd pleasers. Their characters are cartoonish – the former plays a rebellious and sly bearer while the latter doubles up as a sleazy and manipulative driver-come-cook – but nonetheless engaging. In the success of their slapstick on-stage antics and exaggerated demeanor are signs of Anjum Ayaz’s talent for stage direction.

If a chance to see Molière in an Urdu adaptation is not enough to entice you to the auditorium, keep this in mind: unlike recent adaptations that have run on for over three hours, best generic viagra prices is well edited, short, and sweet at just over an hour. And brevity is, after all, the soul of wit.