Eka Adhipathi at Elphinstone
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Eka Adhipathi
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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 9th of December 3.00 and 7.00 p.m. at the
Elphinstone 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 Gunarathe, Oshadhi Gunasekera, Rohan De Silva,
Asiri Priyanga, Arunodh Wijesinghe, Niluka Dilrukshi Rajamanthri, Manoj
Peiris, Tennis Miller and Amil Deepal Galanga.
Ranga Bandaranayeke contributes in the capacity of assistant director
while Vasantha Vittachchi handles character makeup. Stage management is
carried out by Indika Wickramarachchi and Susanga Kahandawalarachchi
assisted by Oshadhi Gunasekera, Rohan De Silva, Asiri Priyanga, Arunodh
Wijesinghe and Amil Deepal Galanga.
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