Comments on: Bringing Politics to the Stage: Observations on Post-War Political Theatre in Sri Lanka https://groundviews.org/2014/05/26/bringing-politics-to-the-stage-observations-on-post-war-political-theatre-in-sri-lanka/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bringing-politics-to-the-stage-observations-on-post-war-political-theatre-in-sri-lanka Journalism for Citizens Thu, 29 May 2014 12:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.1 By: Fitzpatrick https://groundviews.org/2014/05/26/bringing-politics-to-the-stage-observations-on-post-war-political-theatre-in-sri-lanka/#comment-57171 Thu, 29 May 2014 12:45:00 +0000 http://groundviews.org/?p=15456#comment-57171 In reply to Chandula Kumbukage.

Thank you for your clarification Chandula, it is good to note that you made an attempt and that is more than could be said of the political power base in the country.

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By: Chandula Kumbukage https://groundviews.org/2014/05/26/bringing-politics-to-the-stage-observations-on-post-war-political-theatre-in-sri-lanka/#comment-57163 Wed, 28 May 2014 17:55:00 +0000 http://groundviews.org/?p=15456#comment-57163 In reply to Fitzpatrick.

Dear Fitzpatrick,

Thank you for your interest and for posting this question. We did interview couple of Tamil theater practitioners but they are involved in English theater productions. Few Tamil theater groups exist in the country but they are largely based in the North-East and Up country areas. The focus of this research is Post War Political Theater in Colombo and the scope is further limited to ‘Public Political Stage Productions’ in Colombo. During my research I did not come across any Tamil political theater groups based in Colombo or any Public Tamil Political Stage Productions. Lets hope that we get to see more Tamil Theater productions in Colombo.

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By: Fitzpatrick https://groundviews.org/2014/05/26/bringing-politics-to-the-stage-observations-on-post-war-political-theatre-in-sri-lanka/#comment-57160 Wed, 28 May 2014 15:01:00 +0000 http://groundviews.org/?p=15456#comment-57160 @groundviews -does the author read comments? I would be interested on the author’s take on my question.

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By: Fitzpatrick https://groundviews.org/2014/05/26/bringing-politics-to-the-stage-observations-on-post-war-political-theatre-in-sri-lanka/#comment-57149 Tue, 27 May 2014 17:46:00 +0000 http://groundviews.org/?p=15456#comment-57149 As part of this research we interviewed around 20 theatre practitioners from the English and Sinhala theatre in Colombo…..
Any particular reason you did not include the Tamil theatre practitioners ? They are Sri Lankans too and supposedly “free” since 2009, so given their “freedom” wouldn’t you have seen the greatest change among them?
Surely you won’t use the usual excuse of a “language barrier” I hope.

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