Veditantirige Ediriweera Ranjitha Sarachchandra (born Veditantirige Eustace Reginold de Silva; 3 June 1914 – 16 August 1996), popularly known as Ediriweera Sarachchandra...
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Ediriweera is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: Ediriweera Sarachchandra (1914–1996), Sri Lankan writer Ediriweera Weerawardena...
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villages and didn't have a national presence. Influential dramatist Ediriweera Sarachchandra attributes this to the influence of Theravada Buddhism, which he...
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film is based on the legend in the Mahāvaṃsa where playwright Ediriweera Sarachchandra produced a stage drama under the same title. It stars Akila Dhanuddara...
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and the drama enthusiasts. Theatre is named in memory of Prof. Ediriweera Sarachchandra, a notable Sri Lankan playwright. Built in the early 1950s, it...
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Mahendra Simon Navagattegama Mahanama Rajapaksha (Maya Ranjan) Ediriweera Sarachchandra Mahagama Sekara G. B. Senanayake W. A. Silva Sybil Wettasinghe...
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traditions and the Buddhist background of Sinhalese society. He accused Ediriweera Sarachchandra, Gunadasa Amarasekara and others of imitating "decadent" western...
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and theatre began with the staging of Maname, a play written by Ediriweera Sarachchandra in 1956. It was followed by a series of popular dramas like Sinhabāhu...
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only female character in the original cast of Ediriweera Sarachchandra's play Raththaran. Sarachchandra encouraged her to consider a career in acting...
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dramas like Prof. Ediriweera Sarachchandra's Maname (1957) and Sinhabahu (1960) were first directed and played there. In Sarachchandra's novel Heta Echchara...
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Gunadasa Kapuge, Malini Bulathsinghala and Edward Jayakody. Dramatist Ediriweera Sarachchandra revitalised the drama form with Maname in 1956. The same year,...
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Wijenaike Rajiva Wijesinha G. B. Senanayake Sugathapala De Silva Mahagama Sekara Simon Navagattegama Dominic Jeeva Ediriweera Sarachchandra K. Jayatillake...
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Sumangala Thera, Migettuwatte Gunananda Thera, Martin Wickramasinghe, Ediriweera Sarachchandra, Seneka Bibile Nandadasa Kodagoda, Edwin Ariyadasa, M. B. Ariyapala...
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economics. At Peradeniya, he started associating with Professor Ediriweera Sarachchandra and Charles Silva and was involved in theatre work. His first production...
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The University of Peradeniya's Sarachchandra open-air theatre, named in memory of Ediriweera Sarachchandra, Sri Lanka's premier playwright...
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Girls' Hostel Sangamitta Girls' Hostel Viharamahadevi Girls' Hostel Ediriweera Sarachchandra Girls' Hostel E.W. Adikarama Girls Hostel Gunapala Malalasekara...
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Premathilake Thotagamuwe Sri Rahula Thera Monica Ruwanpathirana Ediriweera Sarachchandra Mahagama Sekera G. B. Senanayake P. K. D. Seneviratne Lakdhas Wikkrama...
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child. The tale of Sinhabahu was greatly popularised by playwright Ediriweera Sarachchandra, under the title 'Sinhabahu', which was adapted from the legend...
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journalism to Taiwan's industrial and commercial vitality." 1988 Ediriweera Sarachchandra (1914–1996) Sri Lanka "for creating modern theater from traditional...
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Walpola Rahula Suri Ratnapala Kavan Ratnatunga V. K. Samaranayake Ediriweera Sarachchandra Regi Siriwardena Visvanatha Sastriyar Priyani Soysa Deepika Udagama...
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Fredrick de Silva Tissa Wijeyeratne Vernon Mendis N. Balasubramaniam Ediriweera Sarachchandra Ananda Goonesekera Senake Bandaranayake Ananda W. P. Guruge Warnasena...
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Notability Reference E. F. C. Ludowyk author, playwright, critic Ediriweera Sarachchandra playwright, novelist, poet, literary critic, essayist and social...
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Catholic priest, musician, lyricist, author, journalist and patriot. Ediriweera Sarachchandra - A famous Sri Lankan playwright, novelist, poet, literary critic...
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stories, which received favourable reviews, bringing him praise from Ediriweera Sarachchandra. A chance meeting with Dr. Lester James Peries in the early 1960s...
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Sumitra Nerangama. In the meantime in 1956, Beddage met Prof. Ediriweera Sarachchandra and asked to join as a flutist for his stage drama Maname. He accepted...
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and Ambassador Bernard Peiris, Cabinet Secretary of Sri Lanka Ediriweera Sarachchandra, Ambassador of Sri Lanka to France Kazunari Suzuki, Diplomat with...
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Hemapala's talents, Ananda introduced him to Prof. Ediriweera Sarachchandra. Later, Sarachchandra recorded a band he played and gave it to Neville Jayawardena...
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Sri Lanka July 23, 1976 Colombo, Sri Lanka 1973 Nominated by Ediriweera Sarachchandra (1914–1996) the only time. Paul Voivenel September 24, 1880 Séméac...
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Amaradeva which translates as Immortal god was given to him by Prof. Ediriweera Sarachchandra (Sri Lanka's foremost playwright and a close associate). During...
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admired by scholars such as Professor Ediriweera Sarachchandra and Professor Ashley Halpe. The famous Sarachchandra open-air theatre aka wala is in the...
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