Translations and Adaptations

Mudalalige Peraliya (1943)
Moliere's Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme - Adapted by E.R. Sarachchandra and A.P. Gunaratne. This was the first stage play translated by E.R. Sarachchandra and the first to be produced. It was staged on 16th December 1943.

Kapuva Kapoti (1945)
Nikolai Gogal's The Marriage - Adapted by E.R. Sarachchandra, A.P. Gunaratne and D.J. Wijeratne. First staged on 25th April 1945

Hangi Hora (1949)
Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest - First staged on 1949

Magul Parasthava (1951)
Anton Chekhov's The Proposal - Adapted by E.R. Sarachchandra and U.A. Gunasekara. First staged on 2nd February 1951

Walaha (1951)
Anton Chekhov's The Bear - Adapted by E.R. Sarachchandra and U.A. Gunasekara. First staged on 2nd February 1951

Manager (1950)
Anton Chekhov's The Manager - Adapted and Produced by E.R. Sarachchandra and U.A. Gunasekara.

Uttara Rama Charithaya (1951)
John de Silva's Nurtiya - Adapted for Radio Ceylon. Broadcast on 2nd August 1952

Veda Hatana (1953)
Moliere's Le Malade Imaginnaire - Adapted by E.R. Sarachchandra, A.P. Gunaratne and D.J. Wijeratne. First staged on 14th October 1955

Yerma (1993)
Garcia Lorca's Yerma - Translated by E.R. Sarachchandra and Sunil Ariyaratne. First staged on 27th December 1999

 

Originals

Bahinakalava hevat Sanskrutika Komasaris (1951)

Tharuna Lekhakaya (1951)

Satva Karunawa (1951)

Pabavati (1952)
1st staged on 16th September 1952

Vala Ihagena Kama (1954)

Rattaran (1954)
Originally written for Radio and subsequently presented as a stage drama on 6th September 1958

Ekata Mata Hina Hina (1954)

Vadinna Giya Devale (1955)
1st staged on 14th October 1955

Maname (1956)
1st staged on 3rd November 1956

Pemato Jayati Soko (1957)
1st written for Radio Ceylon and later revised for a stage play

Kada Valalu (1958)
1st staged on 6th September 1958

Elova Gihin Melova Awa (1959)

Hasthi Kanta Mantare (1959)

Vella Vehum (1960)
1st staged on 24th March 1960. (Actors - minor employees of the University of Ceylon)

Sinhabahu (1961)
1st staged on 31st August 1961

Mahasara (1967)
Actors - minor employees of the University of Ceylon

Watapuluwe Geval Bindala (1972)

Vessantara (1980)
1st staged on 16th November 1980

Lomahansa (1985)
1st staged on 22nd August 1985 at Lionel Wendt theatre

Kiri Muttiya Gange Giya (1985)

Bawa Kadaturawa (1988)
1st staged on 24th August 1988

 

Ballet

Gonman Kekaniya
Translation of Kinoshita Jungi's Usuru

 

Radio Plays

Tharuna Lekakaya (1951)

Uttara Rama Charithaya (1951)
John de Silva's Nurtiya - Adapted for the Radio Ceylon. Broadcast on 2nd August 1952

Ya Deka Norata Rata ( Unpublished )
Broadcast on 2nd August 1952

Satva Karunawa (1953)

Nedeyo

Gatkaru Pissuva

Vela Paluvai Kaputu Relai

Pemato Jayati Soko
In 1957 this was broadcast over the radio as a musical drama

Ea Nuwan Lebuva (1969)

Landanaya Akramanaya Kota Etha (BBC)

Piya Perala Eyi

 

English Translations of Sarachchadra's Dramas

Maname
(Toronto South Asian Review: Vol. 2 no.2 1984) Translated by Dr. Ranjani Obesekera

Sinhabahu
Translated by Namel Weeramuni
Translated by Dr. Lakshmi de Silva 2002
Another translation is available in Ranjani Obesekara's (An Anthology of Modern Writing from Sri Lanka - Arizona 1981)

Pemato Jayati Soko
Translated by D.M. de Silva 1976 - University of Salzburg, Austria

Bava Kadaturava
E.R. Sarachchandra (Unpublished)