Bandula Vithanage
Bandula Vithanage | |
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| බන්දුල විතානගේ | |
| Born | Bandula de Silva Vithanage September 11, 1940 Gonagala, Sri Lanka |
| Died | September 1, 2014 (aged 73) |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Education | Carey College, Colombo Dharmasoka College |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, Dramatist, Director |
| Years active | 1963–2014 |
| Children | Nalaka Vithanage |
| Relatives | Yashoda Wimaladharma (niece) |
Bandula de Silva Vithanage (born 11 September 1940 – died 1 September 2014 as බන්දුල විතානගේ) [Sinhala]) was an actor and director in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television as well as a translator, director, playwright and scriptwriter. One of the earliest pillars of Sri Lankan art and drama, Vithanage has produced several critically acclaimed television serials and stage dramas during his five decades of drama career. He is the pioneer to introduce Shakespearean theater to Sri Lankan theater with several plays such as Veniciye Velenda, Macbeth, Twelfth Night, Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet.
He died on 1 September 2014 at Colombo National Hospital at the age of 73.