A vintage comedy on its way to action! 

Veteran playwright and patron of music, Jith Peiris will present another entertaining piece of drama for all his fans and drama lovers. The Dowry Hunter by S.J Crowther is a play that will extract some good political jokes which have existed a good 70 years ago. Although many playwrights have started directing political satires and other genres of plays to suit the hottest topics in town, Jith will make sure that you will laugh at these jokes even if you have heard them a dozen times.

The plot revolves around Upali Katunayake, a young man who has won the Irish sweepstake which has been a famous lottery at the time. Steven Silva, his colleague nobly assists him to invest the money he has won for something good.  Here he comes across Amaradasa who wants to sell his seat in parliament for the money. The play goes through many hysterical twists and turns and is sure to keep the audience laughing till the end. The play has been produced at the time when State council was in full bloom just before the Parliament was introduced where some members sought elections with altruistic motives.

Reviving this play after 20 years Jith is as excited as his fans. Most importantly, Kanishka Wijesinghe, grandson of E.C.B Wijesinghe, one of the earliest icons of the Sri Lankan drama industry will be performing in this production. Another coincidence is that the play will be directed by Indu Dharmasena who will also be giving life to the main role. The setting of the play would be in an old Dutch-type house and at the end you will just realize that even if constitutions and other rules and regulations have changed, life still remains the same.

The cast comprises of Indu and Sanwada Dharmasena, Avishka De Alwis, Kanishka Wijesinghe, Yasal Ruhunage and Ruwendi Wackwella. Jith believes that drama should exist for many more years and even though he retires his productions should never retire.

June 12 - 14

Lionel Wendt 

7.30 pm onwards

By Kamanthi Wickramasinghe

Photographs by Indraratne Balasuriya