Gunasena Galappatty
| Gunasena Galappatty | |
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| Born |
June 7, 1927 Matara, Sri Lanka |
| Died | November 27, 1984 (aged 57) Nugegoda |
| Nationality |
 Sri Lankan
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| Education | Dikwella Central College, Rahula College Matara, University of Ceylon, University of Peradeniya, Yale University |
| Occupation | Stage director, Teacher, Translator |
| Spouse(s) | Sumana Abeysinghe |
| Children | Deepthi Sagarika Galappatty, Chanakya TharangaGalappatty, Sampath Galappatty |
Gunasena Galappatty (born June 7, 1927 in Dikwella in Matara, Sri Lanka) was a Sri Lankan dramatist, and Sinhala Radio Play writer regarded as the pioneer of suspense drama in Sri Lanka.
Galappatty attended Dikwella Central College and Matara Rahula College. In 1952, he entered University of Ceylon, Peradeniya campus to study for a bachelor's degree in Economics. At Peradeniya, he started associating with Professor Ediriweera Sarachchandra and Charles Silva and was involved in theatre work.
His first production was a folk drama "Sandakinduru" in 1957 in which he blended folk drama with modern Sinhalese music. This was a success and he was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study experimental theatre at University of Yale, United States.
He was a Teacher at Kotte Ananda Sastralaya in 1955 and next joined for a while to State Language Department as a translator again continue as a Teacher .
From Yale, he went to Broadway in 1959, the first Sri Lankan to work there as well as in off-Broadway productions. During this time, he came under influence of the Method school, the American offshoot of the Konstantin Stanislavski's approach to acting and stagecraft. He worked under two distinguished teachers, Herbert Berghoff and Uta Hagen. He acted in and co-produced two Broadway dramas, Tea House of the August Moon and The Marriage-Go-Round.
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