He acted extensively in several stage dramas in university stage. Then he performed in the Neville Dias Subasinghe's Vaaruwen Yana Minissu and Manavayo as well as E. M. D. Upali's Methanin Maruwenu. Then he performed in many popular stage plays such as Marasad, Madhura Jawanika, Loma Hansa, Dhawala Beeshana, Ath, Mora and Tharavo Igilethi brought him island wide recognition in the field of cinema. He was also the Best Actor at the National Drama Festival.[3]
In 1992, he directed his maiden teledrama Esala Kaluwara. In 1990, a drama festival called 'Bhumika 7' featured seven of Anthony's best plays which allowed scholarly fans to experience Jackson's wide range of theatrics. Then in 2014, he made second teledrama direction Daskon which later won several awards at several local award festivals.[9] During his acting career he has garnered more than 20 Best Actor Awards at local award ceremonies such as Sarasavi Awards, Presidential Awards and OCIC Awards.[3]
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In addition cinema, he worked with Clarence Wijewardena; one of the most respected Sri Lankan musicians in Sinhalese music, as a supporting singer for a Sinhala teledrama called Suseema. He sang two popular songs with Clarence, Sithe Susum and Desa Piya Gathkala.
In 1939 Sarachchandra married Aileen Beleth. Then he married Lalitha Swarna Perera, a children's drama producer. Sarachchandra was the father of five children: Nanaditha, Sunethra, Kisagothami, Yashodhara and Ransi.[5] His daughter Sunethra is also a popular actress in cinema, television and theater who entered acting with his father's stage play Kapuwa Kapothii. Her performance in Ves Muhunu made her the best actress. Since then, she has received several state awards.[6]
Sarachchandra entered the drama around 1940 as a playwright who followed the Western natural drama tradition. For the next ten years or so, he was involved in Western natural drama adapted into Sinhala.[4] During that time, he made the stage plays Mudalalige Peraliya (1943), Kapuwa Kapoti (1945), Hangi Hora (1949), Valaha, Magul Prasthava and Manager (1950) which were adaptive natural dramas produced by him. In 1951, he produced the play Bahina Kalawa which was his first naturalistic creation. Then he made three independent, natural short plays: Vala Ihagena Kema, Tharuna Lekakaya and Sathwa Karunawa. In 1955, he made his longest natural drama Wadinna Giya Devale, which is a semi-natural drama with two songs based on a golden folk tale.[7]
Sarachchandra's concept of drama had undergone a major transformation since the early 1950s. In 1952, he produced a semi-natural semi-stylized play Pabawathi which was the first step he took to create a local drama tradition. It was the first time that his play has included "Pothe Gura" and songs. Later, he had the opportunity to study in Eastern countries such as India and Japan.[3] After returning, he produced his first stylist play Maname in 1956 to widespread acclaim. Maname is generally considered the first real Sinhala drama, signalling the transition from the Nadagam or folk drama to the modern theatrical drama format.[4] After the successful venture, he continued as a playwright, developing his next stylist play Sinhabahu in 1961, which is widely considered as his best work. Based on the Nadagam tradition, he produced only these two plays.[7]
After those critically acclaimed plays, he made several beyond 'Nadagam' tradition dramas including: Kada Walalu (1958), Elova Gihin Melova Ava (1959), Hasthikantha Manthare (1959), Mahasara (1968), Prematho Jayathi Soko (1969), Wesasanthara Natakaya (1980), Lomahansa Natakaya (1958), Bhava Kadathurava (1988).[4] Most of his plays were adaptations from Buddhist Jathakas or Sinhala folklore giving his work instant and lasting popularity with the population that identified with their roots. He followed a stylistic tradition that included singing, playing and dancing in these stage plays.[7] Composed and first produced in 1969, the lyric drama Pematho Jayathi Soko was based on the classic poetry "Swarnathilaka" included in "Saddharmalankaraya". It was first presented by the Sinhala Drama Board of the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya and was staged for a week from February 25, 1969 to March 2, 1969 at 8 pm at the Sukhawathie Theater (EOE Perera Theater) in the Engineering Department of the University.[8] 2ff7e9595c
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