The Legacy of Stylistic Theatre in the Creation of a Modern Sinhala Drama in Sri Lanka

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Lakshmi D. Bulathsinghala

The Legacy of Stylistic Theatre in the Creation of a Modern Sinhala Drama in Sri Lanka

Lakshmi D. Bulathsinghala

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Routledge
30 April 2024

Theatre Studies; Literary studies: plays & playwrights

Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies

This book explores the development of Sinhala stylistic drama from its earliest manifestations to the post-independence era.

Bulathsinghala examines the impact of indigenous and imported folk theatrical forms on the work of the most significant postcolonial stylistic dramatists and on key plays that they produced. In the process, the book explores a number of myths and misunderstandings regarding Sri Lanka’s folk heritage and seeks to establish more reliable information on the principal indigenous Sri Lankan folk dramatic forms and their characteristics. At the same time, by drawing connections between folk drama and the post-independence stylistic theatrical movement, the author demonstrates the essential role of the former in Sinhala culture prior to the advent of Western and other influences and shows how both continue to inflect Sri Lankan drama today.

This book will help to open the field of South Asian drama studies to an audience consisting not only of scholars and students but also of general readers who are interested in the fields of drama and theatre and Asian studies.

By: Lakshmi D. Bulathsinghala
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 694g
ISBN: 9781032079615
ISBN 10: 1032079614
Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 30 April 2024
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Dramas of Indigeneity: The Legacy of Sri Lankan Folk Styles 2. Performances of Colonialism: Christianity and New Theatrical Modes 3. The Establishment of Post-Independence Sinhala Theatre: Sarachchandra and Maname 4. The Reinstitution of Folk Dramatic Features: Gunawardena and Nari Bena 5. Fusing Oriental and Occidental Drama: Galappaththi and Mudu Puththu 6. Brechtian Alienation and Shayiligatha Thathwikawadaya: Jayasena and Hunuwataye Kathava Conclusion Appendix Bibliography Index

Lakshmi D. Bulathsinghala is Instructor in the Department of Theatre, and also teaches for the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program and the Department of Asian and Asian American Studies, at Binghamton University (State University of New York), U.S.A.

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The Legacy of Stylistic Theatre in the Creation of a Modern Sinhala Drama in Sri Lanka

Lakshmi D. Bulathsinghala

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