Eggs are very versatile food. We can boil it; we can fried t…so
much to do with this simple egg. But very few people may have the experience of
smell of rotten eggs. It’s such unpleasant experience to all of us. Some cases people
use throw rotten eggs to show up there hatred or anger, few days back I heard
very sad incident of throwing eggs.
The University of Peradeniya consider as pioneering university
in Sri Lanka. After the university of Colombo this is the second oldest university,
this primarily based on the Mahawali river banks and mount Hanthana,The mesmerizing
environment of the university is well famous.it s not only the environment the university
itself has been contributing in various
aspects to this country.
The Peradeniya University had its own culture, especially to
the art and drama. This was the place where Dr .Sarathchandra produced his
first stylist play Maname in 1956 to
widespread acclaim. Maname is
generally considered the first real Sinhala drama, signalling the transition
from the Nadagam or folk drama to the
modern theatrical drama format. It was praised especially for drawing influence
from the traditional nadagam play
style. He continued as a playwright, developing his play Sinhabahu in 1961,
which is widely considered as his best work.
Dr .Sarathchandra did not stop only producing dramas he also
designed the open theater with in the undercity premises using the natural
terein.this known as Peradeniya open theater but more commonly to Sri Lankans it s “PERADENIYA
WALA”. This was Built in early
1950s, it is considered to be the only theatre of its kind in Sri Lanka. It was
built according to the architectural style of ancient Greek theatres.
The performance space is a simple semi-circular one in the
middle. It is called the orchestra. Spectators sit in the stone steps created
at a slope of which produced a natural theatron, literally "watching
place". It can accommodate a very large number of people. Acoustics play a
vital role in its construction. Even the spectators in the extreme back row can
hear the sounds clearly. Still, most of the dramas shown in the University of
Peradeniya use Sarachchandra open-air theatre as their venue. Ediriwira
Sarachchandra’s ground-breaking Sinhala play, Maname was first presented
at this very theatre,
I never got an opportunity of studying in the University of
Peradeniya,which is sad in a way. But yesterday I made me very sad because
student f university of Peradeniya has thrown rotten eggs to the while it was
staged the very own “Maname drama”..
Dr Sarathchandra was beaten while he was addressing I a
meeting during the time of president J.Rjayawardena.but it says
DR.sarathchandra smiled forgetting his all physical pains saying this is an act of politicians and their thugs..
But Dr Sarathchandra was alive today and heard throwing
rotten eggs to the “The Maname Drama” for me its hard to imagine what will his reaction.
This is just a one incident that what kind of graduates are producing in our universities.
