Aloysians Involved in the Stage Play "Maname"
Aloysians Involved in the Stage Play of 1956, “Maname” & Sinhala Plays Staged at SAC Veditanthirige Eustace Reginold de Silva from Dodanduwa, was a student of St. Aloysius College , Galle, Richmond College, Galle, St. John' s College , Panadura & St. Thomas College, Mt. Lavinia. His father was a Post Master, in a transferable service. He later changed his name to Veditanthirige Ediriweera Ranjitha Sarachchandra, & was better known as Professor Ediriweera Sarathchandra . In the 1950s he was the Lecturer in Sinhala at the University in Peradeniya . It was he who produced the play 'Maname' which was first staged at the Lionel Wendt Theatre in Colombo on 3 November 1956. K. H. J. Wijedasa, a former Secretary to the President, writes as follows: "The saga of Maname would not have been so sweet and bright if not for the fantastic singing, dancing and acting capabilities displayed by the original cast of talented young men and women drawn mainly