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| Grusha: Pic of The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Colorado State university production |
Bertolt Brecht made the narrator say of Grusha's plight in his play
'The Caucasian Chalk Circle'
the most profound line
"Terrible is the temptation to do good"
"Terrible is the temptation to do good"
Our own great Late Henry Jayasena translated it brilliantly as
“අහෝ ! යහපත්බවේ සාපය”
and then, I thought of Hatha (Late G.K. Hattotuwegama), my teacher in English Drama in the first year at University and how he ventured to explore the true essence of this great play and it's timeless validity in understanding what happens around us in the society in which we live and also make ...
I then stumbled on a column I wrote upon hearing of his death in late 2009 and present you the link to it :
http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/11/04/fea05.asp
and then, I thought of Hatha (Late G.K. Hattotuwegama), my teacher in English Drama in the first year at University and how he ventured to explore the true essence of this great play and it's timeless validity in understanding what happens around us in the society in which we live and also make ...
I then stumbled on a column I wrote upon hearing of his death in late 2009 and present you the link to it :
http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/11/04/fea05.asp
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