The Return of Ralahamy

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The paper describes how "The Return of Ralahamy" was intended to capture the Sri Lankan social and political context. The paper examines how the play reflects its social setting, and captures the emotions of that time.

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"The Return of Ralahamy was intended to capture the Sri Lankan social and political context. When De Lanerolle's play was published in 1954, Ceylon had been independent for six years. During the 1950s Sri Lanka was still known as Ceylon, the model colony, and was ruled until 1956 through the policies that had been formulated during the colonial era. Rnglish was the official language for government and a western-educated elite controlled parliament. Ceylon not only exemplified the formidable transition conversion from colonial status to a state of equality, but managed the transition as two extremely diverse peoples."

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