Abstract:
War creates problems that are common to people across space and time. One such is the
breakup of the family unit. The Greeks fought the Trojan War in prehistoric times upon
which is based the play “Trojan Women” authored by Euripides. It is important to search
the relevance of this Greek play written in 415 BCE, and the society in which it was produced
to the Sri Lankan society of the 21st century in the point of view of the producer
and director of the Sinhala drama. What common factors did they see between these two
societies to open a discussion of an ancient war of the western world? This question arose
with the experience of being part of the production of this play at a university level. Here
I’m going to do this study by using the both primary and secondary sources. I hope to
discuss this production as a Sri Lankan drama and its relation to my central topic. I hope
to discuss and develop the central topic with the guidance of the play’s producer, senior
lecturer Mr. Priyankara Rathnayake, of the of Drama, theatre and image arts unit of the
University of Kelaniya and discussions with the actors, costume designers, makeup artists
and music directors, all whom were students of the university.
