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Chaturya raises Roger's spirits by Anjana Gamage Those who watch 'Chathurya' telecast every Sunday at 9.00 p.m. on Swarnavahini will remember Themiya played by amiable actor Roger Seneviratne. We were able to catch a glimpse of this busy actor when he was on the sets at a huge mansion on Pepiliyana Mawatha at Kohuwala. The location was well-known writer Martin Wickremasinghe's daughter's house. The shooting was for another episode of Chathurya. Actress Nayana Kumari who plays the lead role as Chathurya and Nilanthi Wijesingha as Themiya's mother were also on the set at the time. Although Roger became popular through the small screen, he began his acting career with the theatre.
"I joined the theatre in 1976 when one of my friend, Milton Jayasooriya introduced me to veteran dramatist Sugathapala de Silva. His political play 'Dunnadunu Gamuwe' was my first back stage role of a prompter and as an assistant stage manager", he said. After 'Dunnadunu Gamuwe', I took part in many stage plays such as Prof. Sarachchandra's 'Wessanthara', 'Merchant of Venice', 'Twelfth Night' and 'Mandaram Wehi', he said. Then he tried his hand on translations and his first work was 'Death of a Clerk', a short story by Anton Chekov. It was later made into a short play by him as an experimental production in 1986. He then translated Albert Camu's 'Caligula' which was made into a play titled 'Paswenna' (The fifth). The play won eleven awards at the drama competition conducted by the National Youth Services Council (NYSC) and it also won the awards for the best director and best production at the State Drama Festival in 1993. "The stage plays 'Paswenna', Sunanda Pushpakumara's 'Spartacus', Uditha Gooneratne's 'Inhuman' (Avamanawa), Susil Gooneratne's 'Men with Shadows **** Back **** |
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