Two scintillating plays for children
Somalatha Subasinghe is a dramatist in the
children’s, youth’s and the mainstream theatre of Sri Lanka. Gamini
Haththotuwegama, the veteran street theatre artiste, once referred
to her as ‘the leading versatile female in the theatre – actress,
playwright, directress and the theatre educationist - in the
post-colonial era.’
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The Duchess:
Incurable predicament of privilege
The pomp and grandeur of England of yore is
something that is richly relived in films that chart aspects of
British history. The Duchess is a beguiling film set in the late
18th century portraying the life of Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of
Devonshire who is played by Keira Knightely.
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Bach's glorious St.Mathew Passion
The world probably thinks of Bach as the
composer of the glorious St. Mathew Passion along with the immortal
Suites of Brandenburg Concertos. In 1727 he began to write
St.Mathew's Passion where some of its parts were performed at the
funeral of Prince Leopold.
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