The launch of IRANGANI

The launch of IRANGANI On Monday 17 September 2012 from 7 PM to 8.30 PM Followed by cocktails from 8.30 PM to 9.30 PM At The Dutch Burgher Union Hall 114 Reid Avenue Colombo 4

IRANGANI is a two act play by Ernest Macintyre, which has been performed In Australia. It uses the central situation of Antigone the 5th century BC play of Sophocles in a modern Sri Lankan plot in which Irangani Jayaweera whose brother has been killed in the Sinhala youth uprising of the 1980s finds herself in the same plight as her ancient Greek predecessor Antigone: Prohibition of family funeral ceremonies, by the state. From this central plot the play traverses significant areas in Sri Lanka’s modern history as observed by Australian reviewers – “ Fascinatingly cross cultural……The outcome is moving, the tragedy of a country at war with itself…..but at the heart there is still the issue of a sister trying to give a proper burial to a brother” – The Canberra Times The book will be launched by IRANGANI SERASINGHE who first gave Sri Lankan audiences a version of Antigone. Jean Anouilh’s 1942 play, written in the environment of Nazi occupied France was directed by Professor E.F.C. Ludowyk for the University Dramatic Society and performed in Colombo in 1950 with Irangani Serasinghe playing the title role.