G. D. L. Perera
Encyclopedia
G. D. L Perera is a Sri Lanka
n film director and dramatist.
Perera's interest in drama began as a student at Prince College, Kotahena where he met arts patron Edwin Hewakapuge. He joined the Labour Department after finishing secondary schooling at Prince College and following the victory of S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike began the Kala Pela group with Walter Wimalarathne, and five others.
Perera's fourth play with this group, Sama, gained him notice in 1960. Sakkara Vattam and Mehev Lokeka (1962), Ratu Rosa (1963), Totupola (1964) and Andare (1965) were also well-received. At the State Drama Festival in 1962 Leonie Weerasinghe was judged the Best Actress for her role in Mehev Lokeka. In 1964 Totupola was selected best production and best in stage décor (Gamini Wickremasuriya) and merit awards were awarded to Denawaka Hamine and Gamini Wickremasuriya.
He also produced 'Ratagiya Attho' the first Sri Lankan teledrama to be filmed in England.
Perera entered film with an adaption of Sama. His sophomore effort Dahasak Sithuvili starring Henry Jayasena
and Nilanthi Wijesinghe came out in 1968 and was critically acclaimed. He followed this with a Sinhala version of Romeo and Juliet
.
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
n film director and dramatist.
Perera's interest in drama began as a student at Prince College, Kotahena where he met arts patron Edwin Hewakapuge. He joined the Labour Department after finishing secondary schooling at Prince College and following the victory of S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike began the Kala Pela group with Walter Wimalarathne, and five others.
Perera's fourth play with this group, Sama, gained him notice in 1960. Sakkara Vattam and Mehev Lokeka (1962), Ratu Rosa (1963), Totupola (1964) and Andare (1965) were also well-received. At the State Drama Festival in 1962 Leonie Weerasinghe was judged the Best Actress for her role in Mehev Lokeka. In 1964 Totupola was selected best production and best in stage décor (Gamini Wickremasuriya) and merit awards were awarded to Denawaka Hamine and Gamini Wickremasuriya.
He also produced 'Ratagiya Attho' the first Sri Lankan teledrama to be filmed in England.
Perera entered film with an adaption of Sama. His sophomore effort Dahasak Sithuvili starring Henry Jayasena
Henry Jayasena
Henry Jayasena born in Bendiyamulla, Gampaha is a Sri Lankan actor and dramatist.-Early Life:Jayasena studied at the Gampaha branch of Lorenz College and at Nalanda College Colombo. Some of Jayasena's notable classmates at Nalanda College were Karunaratne Abeysekera, Dr Harischandra Wijayatunga,...
and Nilanthi Wijesinghe came out in 1968 and was critically acclaimed. He followed this with a Sinhala version of Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of playwright William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular archetypal stories of young, teenage lovers.Romeo and Juliet belongs to a...
.