A DRAMA WITH AN EXCLUSIVE TYPE WRITTEN IN THE 60S. THIS IS A SHORT AND SWEET STORY WOVEN IN A DRAMA FORM. IT IS BASED ON THE COUPLE MAINA AND SOKAJI SERVING THE ROYAL COUPLE. THEY BOTH ARE SPENDTHRIFT AND HAVE ALREADY SPENT WHATEVER THEY HAD. THEY BOTH ENJOY A LAVISH LIVING AND DO NOT FEEL THAT IT IS WRONG TO CHEAT. THEY ARE UNDER DEBTS OF ALMOST EVERYONE IN THEIR TOWN. TO COME OUT OF THIS, THEY DECIDE TO CHEAT THE KING AND QUEEN WITH A MOST NOVEL IDEA. THEY TAKE TURNS TO DIE. AS ONE IMITATES DYING THE OTHER IS BENEFITTED BY THE KING AND QUEEN ALTERNATIVELY. AT LAST, BOTH THE KING AND THE QUEEN DECIDE TO FIND OUT THE TRUTH AS TO WHO HAS DIED IN REALITY. IT IS THEN THAT THEY REVEAL THE SECRET THAT BOTH MAINA AND SOKAJI ARE ALIVE AND IT WAS A SMALL DRAMA CUM JOKE PLAYED ON THEIR PART. THIS DRAMA SHEDS A LIGHT ON THE HUMAN NATURE WHERE IT IS ASSUMED THAT BASICALLY A MAN IS FOND OF ANOTHER WOMAN AND VICE VERSA.
मराठी रंगभूमीला वगनाट्याची ओळख नवी नाही. विच्छा माझी पुरी करा च्या लोकप्रियतेने ते सिद्धही केले आहे. वगनाट्याचे हे तंत्र अगदीच लवचिक असते... कलावंताच्या प्रतिभेनुसार आणि प्रयोगानुसार त्यात सतत बदल घडत असतात... त्यामुळेच वगनाट्याची गणना ‘स्वैर’ नाट्यात होत असावी.... ...वगनाट्याची ही लोकप्रियता लक्षात घेऊन, द. मा. मिरासदारांनी मी लाडाची मौना तुमची या गाजलेल्या वगनाट्याचे पुस्तकात रूपांतर केले. या वगनाट्याचे वौशिष्ट म्हणजे यासाठी लागणारा गण, गौळण, लावणी आणि मधला वग ही सगळी गीतरचना कै. ग. दि. माडगूळकर यांनी केली आहे. ...वगनाट्याच्या ऐवजी ‘प्रहसन’ (फार्स) म्हणूनही ते रंगमंचावर येऊ शकेल. यासाठी केलेला हा पुस्तकरूपी प्रयत् निश्चितच वाखाण्याजोगा आहे. ‘सोकाजीराव टांगमारे’ या नावाने आजही त्याचे प्रयोग होत आहेत.