Pay tribute to Henri jayasena - (6 July 1931 - 11 November 2009)
Dr [1] Henry Jayasena (සුදු සීයා) ( 6 July 1931 - 11 November 2009 ) born in Bendiyamulla, Gampaha) is a Sri Lankan actor and dramatist. Jayasena studied at the Gampaha branch of Lorenz College and at Nalanda College , Colombo . He began his career as an Assistant Teacher of English at the Dehipe Primary School in Padiyapellela in the Nuwara Eliya district in 1950 where he directed his first play, Janaki . Jaysena left this post a few months later after passing the General Clerical Service Examination and securing a job with the Public Works Department (PWD) of Sri Lanka. [2] While with PWD, Jaysena created many of his most famous plays, Janelaya ( 1962 ), Thavath Udesenak ( 1964 ), Manaranjana Wedawarjana ( 1965 ), Ahas Malilga ( 1966 ), Hunuwataye Kathawa ( 1967 ), Apata Puthey Magak Nethey ( 1968 ), Diriya Mawa ( 1972 ), Makara ( 1973 ) and Sarana Siyoth Se Puthini Habha Yana ( 1975 ). Before retiring from government work, he also served as Deputy Director for the...