"හැම මනුෂ්‍යයෙක් තුළම දේශපාලනයක් තියෙනවා වගේ මටත් දේශපාලනයක් තියෙනවා. යහපත් සමාජ ප්‍රගමනය තමයි මගේ් දේශපාලනය. මගේ කලා භාවිතාවෙන් ප්‍රකාශ වෙන්නේ මගේ ඒ දේශපාලනයයි.
ඒක හරි ද වැරදි ද කියන එක ඊයේ හෝ අද නෙවෙයි තීරණය වෙන්නේ. අනාගතය විසින් තමයි ඒක තීරණය කරන්නේ. අනික ආර්ථික හා සමාජ අපහසුතා මඟ හරවා ගන්න කලාව හෝ ඉන් ලබා ගත් බලය යොදා ගන්න පුරුද්දක් මට නෑ."
- ධර්මසිරි බණ්ඩාරනායක සරසවිය පුවත්පතට පවසයි.
පූර්ණ සම්මුඛ සාකච්ඡාව මෙතැනින්.
Monday, November 30, 2009
Sunday, November 29, 2009
The Nation interviews Dharmasiri Bandaranayake
“Eka Adhipathi succeeded in bidding the audience for a strong dialogue and I long to see a similar social dialogue in contemporary times through it” - Dharmasiri Bandaranayake speaking to The Nation.
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Friday, November 27, 2009
Tickets Are Now Available!
Tickets for Eka Adhipathi are available at the Lionel Wendt and are priced at Rs. 750/-, Rs. 500/-, Rs. 250/- downstairs (reserved) and at Rs. 100/- balcony (open seating). Please get your tickets early to avoid disappointment.
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Reviews and Comments of Yesteryear
"ධර්මසිරි බණ්ඩාරනායක මහතා විසින් රචනා කොට අධ්යක්ෂණය කරන ලද 'ඒකා අධිපති' නාටකය මේ වර්ෂයේ කරළියට ආ ඉතා අපූරු සහ විශිෂ්ඨ නිෂ්පාදනයක් ලෙස පළමුවෙන් හැඳින්විය යුතුය.
එක්තරා ප්රමාණයක කාව්යමය රංගෝචිත බසක්ද ධර්මසිරි උපයෝගි කරගෙන තිබිණ. බර්ටෝල්ට් බ්රෙෂ්ට් විසින් හදුන්වන ලද ඒලියනේෂන් සිද්ධාන්තය හෙවත් පරතන්ත්රකරණය වැන්නක් ධර්මසිරි අත්හදා බැලුවේදැයි මම සිතමි. ප්රේක්ෂකයාට එක්තරා විදියක මානසික ව්යායාමයක්ද මේ නිසා ලැබෙයි.
ස්වතන්ත්ර රචනාවන් හිඟ මෙවැනි කලක මෙය අප්රමාණ ලෙස ප්රශංසාවට ලක්කල යුතු කෘතියක් බව නොකියා බැරිය. ධර්මසිරි හා ඹහුගේ නළු නිළි පිරිස මෙය ඉතා ඉහළ මට්ටමේ නිර්මාණයක් බවට පත් කරන්නට එකතු වී හිටියහ. ධර්මසිරි බණ්ඩාරනායකගේ රඟපෑම මෑත කාලයෙහි සිංහල කරළියෙහි කරන ලද වැදගත් රඟපෑමකි. මුලු නාටකයම ඹහුගේ රංග කුසලතා මැද දිව ගියා සේ විය."
මහාචාර්ය තිස්ස කාරියවසම්
'අද' - 1976 දෙසැම්බර් 19
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"The only play worthy of note this year has been Eka Adhipathi which also attempts to blend humour and politics. Like Navagaththegama and Hemasiri Liyanage, Dharmasiri Bandaranayake the producer of Eka-Adhipathi, has sought inspiration from both Karl and Groucho Marx. Special intention must be made of his own chaplinesque portrayal of the great dictator. As an actor he is certainly the find of the year."
Dr. Sarath Amunugama
‘The Arts in 1976’ – The Sunday Times – 2nd January 1977
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"The best attended of the plays was Bandaranayake’s Eka-Adhipathi written, directed and acted by him. It was a dialog-chocked script which swept its paces like grease-lightning. As a production it stood with perfect facility with the players pouncing on their cues with unerring rapidity. Bandaranayake’s portrayal of the dictator was a ‘tour de force’ of timing, delineation and tonal vivacity."
Nalin Wijesekera
Drama Festival 1976 – The Sunday Observer – 5th June 1977
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"The play ‘Eka-Adhipathi’ is certain to be a refreshingly novel experience for the Sinhala theatregoer harried by the oppressive monotony of a string of ideological melodramas. It had a lively pace which gathered momentum with each successive scene and a soul stirring authenticity that exerted an almost hypnotic influence on the spectator. As the play progressed one could sense an exhilarating tension welling up within the walls of the often outraged Lumbini Theatre.
With a series of cleverly arranged vignettes Dharmasiri Bandaranayake who scripted and directed Eka-Adhipathi depicted the physical and emotional confrontation between the desperate masses and the degenerate but cockily confident administrative establishment in a hypothetical land governed by a Machiavellian military despot.
This play should provide inspiration and even education to the aspiring young dramatists. Acting was a very high standard all round with the playwright himself in the role of the President and Sunethra Sarachchandra as Olga outshining the rest of the cast.
Eka-Adhipathi though not a masterpiece came tantalizingly close to being one."
Dayasena Gunasinghe
The Daily News – 4th December 1976
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එක්තරා ප්රමාණයක කාව්යමය රංගෝචිත බසක්ද ධර්මසිරි උපයෝගි කරගෙන තිබිණ. බර්ටෝල්ට් බ්රෙෂ්ට් විසින් හදුන්වන ලද ඒලියනේෂන් සිද්ධාන්තය හෙවත් පරතන්ත්රකරණය වැන්නක් ධර්මසිරි අත්හදා බැලුවේදැයි මම සිතමි. ප්රේක්ෂකයාට එක්තරා විදියක මානසික ව්යායාමයක්ද මේ නිසා ලැබෙයි.
ස්වතන්ත්ර රචනාවන් හිඟ මෙවැනි කලක මෙය අප්රමාණ ලෙස ප්රශංසාවට ලක්කල යුතු කෘතියක් බව නොකියා බැරිය. ධර්මසිරි හා ඹහුගේ නළු නිළි පිරිස මෙය ඉතා ඉහළ මට්ටමේ නිර්මාණයක් බවට පත් කරන්නට එකතු වී හිටියහ. ධර්මසිරි බණ්ඩාරනායකගේ රඟපෑම මෑත කාලයෙහි සිංහල කරළියෙහි කරන ලද වැදගත් රඟපෑමකි. මුලු නාටකයම ඹහුගේ රංග කුසලතා මැද දිව ගියා සේ විය."
මහාචාර්ය තිස්ස කාරියවසම්
'අද' - 1976 දෙසැම්බර් 19
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"The only play worthy of note this year has been Eka Adhipathi which also attempts to blend humour and politics. Like Navagaththegama and Hemasiri Liyanage, Dharmasiri Bandaranayake the producer of Eka-Adhipathi, has sought inspiration from both Karl and Groucho Marx. Special intention must be made of his own chaplinesque portrayal of the great dictator. As an actor he is certainly the find of the year."
Dr. Sarath Amunugama
‘The Arts in 1976’ – The Sunday Times – 2nd January 1977
***
"The best attended of the plays was Bandaranayake’s Eka-Adhipathi written, directed and acted by him. It was a dialog-chocked script which swept its paces like grease-lightning. As a production it stood with perfect facility with the players pouncing on their cues with unerring rapidity. Bandaranayake’s portrayal of the dictator was a ‘tour de force’ of timing, delineation and tonal vivacity."
Nalin Wijesekera
Drama Festival 1976 – The Sunday Observer – 5th June 1977
***
"The play ‘Eka-Adhipathi’ is certain to be a refreshingly novel experience for the Sinhala theatregoer harried by the oppressive monotony of a string of ideological melodramas. It had a lively pace which gathered momentum with each successive scene and a soul stirring authenticity that exerted an almost hypnotic influence on the spectator. As the play progressed one could sense an exhilarating tension welling up within the walls of the often outraged Lumbini Theatre.
With a series of cleverly arranged vignettes Dharmasiri Bandaranayake who scripted and directed Eka-Adhipathi depicted the physical and emotional confrontation between the desperate masses and the degenerate but cockily confident administrative establishment in a hypothetical land governed by a Machiavellian military despot.
This play should provide inspiration and even education to the aspiring young dramatists. Acting was a very high standard all round with the playwright himself in the role of the President and Sunethra Sarachchandra as Olga outshining the rest of the cast.
Eka-Adhipathi though not a masterpiece came tantalizingly close to being one."
Dayasena Gunasinghe
The Daily News – 4th December 1976
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009
An Indelible Trail of 33 Years
An indelible trail of 33 years
Winner of 8 awards at the 1976 State Drama Festival including Best Original Play of the Year and Best Actor awards, ‘Eka Adhipathi’, written and directed by Dharmasiri Bandaranayake, celebrates 33 years of fame and acclamation on the 3rd and 4th of December at the Lionel Wendt Theatre.
Having amassed a mammoth 1400+ performances from 1976 to 1993, ‘Eka Adhipathi’ is a well received and critically acclaimed production which oozes with political satire. The drama is based on the people’s rebellion against discrimination and dereliction by a corrupt fascist regime.
The original music score for the drama was designed by Premasiri Khemadasa and at present is directed by Deshaka Sampath.
The stellar cast which features prominent thespians includes Dharmasiri Bandaranayake, Rajiv Ponweera, Swethekei Munasinghe, Dayadeva Edirisinghe, Lal Peiris, Leonard Cooray, Upul Nishantha, Sampath Tennakoon, Chamila Peiris, Gamini Wijesinghe, Chulla Jayawardhana, Lalith Rajapakse, Wathsala Ranasinghe, Jagath Muthukumarana, Saman Pushpa Liyanage, Himasal Liyanage, Sudesh Wickramarathne, Sarath P. Alawwa, Thushari Chamila Gunarathne, Oshadhi Gunasekera, Rohan De Silva, Asiri Priyanga, Arunodh Wijesinghe, Niluka Dilrukshi Rajamanthri, Manoj Peiris, Tennis Miller and Amil Deepal Galanga.
Having amassed a mammoth 1400+ performances from 1976 to 1993, ‘Eka Adhipathi’ is a well received and critically acclaimed production which oozes with political satire. The drama is based on the people’s rebellion against discrimination and dereliction by a corrupt fascist regime.
The original music score for the drama was designed by Premasiri Khemadasa and at present is directed by Deshaka Sampath.
The stellar cast which features prominent thespians includes Dharmasiri Bandaranayake, Rajiv Ponweera, Swethekei Munasinghe, Dayadeva Edirisinghe, Lal Peiris, Leonard Cooray, Upul Nishantha, Sampath Tennakoon, Chamila Peiris, Gamini Wijesinghe, Chulla Jayawardhana, Lalith Rajapakse, Wathsala Ranasinghe, Jagath Muthukumarana, Saman Pushpa Liyanage, Himasal Liyanage, Sudesh Wickramarathne, Sarath P. Alawwa, Thushari Chamila Gunarathne, Oshadhi Gunasekera, Rohan De Silva, Asiri Priyanga, Arunodh Wijesinghe, Niluka Dilrukshi Rajamanthri, Manoj Peiris, Tennis Miller and Amil Deepal Galanga.
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