DR.E.R.Sarachchandra’s Maname (1956) and Sinhbahau (1961) are the finest creative achievements of the contemporary Sinhala theater. I begin with this assertion in order to explain why, in this article on Ceylon’s outstanding modern dramatist, I intend to confine myself to discussion of his two major plays. And it is their intrinsic dramatic and literary achievement that I wish to consider here rather than their place in the evolution of our theater- though Maname, especially, has been a seminal work through its influence on younger playwrights and its education to the theater audience. Of Dr.Sarachchandra, he has “created the taste by which he has to be enjoyed”.