Veditantirige Ediriweera Ranjitha Sarachchandra (born Veditantirige Eustace Reginold de Silva; 3 June 1914 – 16 August 1996), popularly known as Ediriweera Sarachchandra...

villages and didn't have a national presence. Influential dramatist Ediriweera Sarachchandra attributes this to the influence of Theravada Buddhism, which he...

and the drama enthusiasts. Theatre is named in memory of Prof. Ediriweera Sarachchandra, a notaable Sri Lankan playwright. Built in the early 1950s, it...

Mahendra Simon Navagattegama Mahanama Rajapaksha (Maya Ranjan) Ediriweera Sarachchandra Mahagama Sekara G. B. Senanayake W. A. Silva Sybil Wettasinghe...

traditions and the Buddhist background of Sinhalese society. He accused Ediriweera Sarachchandra, Gunadasa Amarasekara and others of imitating "decadent" western...

dramas like Prof. Ediriweera Sarachchandra's Maname (1957) and Sinhabahu (1960) were first directed and played there. In Sarachchandra's novel Heta Echchara...

film is based on the legend in the Mahawamsa where playwright Ediriweera Sarachchandra produced a stage drama under the same title. It stars Akila Dhanuddara...

second. The tale of Sinhabahu was greatly popularised by playwright Ediriweera Sarachchandra, under the title 'Sinhabahu', which was adapted from the legend...

only female character in the original cast of Ediriweera Sarachchandra's play Raththaran. Sarachchandra encouraged her to consider a career in acting...

Wijenaike Rajiva Wijesinha G. B. Senanayake Sugathapala De Silva Mahagama Sekara Simon Navagattegama Dominic Jeeva Ediriweera Sarachchandra K. Jayatillake...