Fifty-fifty to go on the boards

Amphitheatre in collaboration with SriLankan Cares - the community development arm of SriLankan Airlines - presents H C N de Lanerolle's Fifty-fifty directed by Jaliya Wijewardene. The play is scheduled to go on the boards at the Bishop's College Auditorium on 9, 10 and 11 September from 7.30 pm. The proceeds will be in aid of the SriLankan Village Heartbeat Project which will benefit underprivileged communities in Oddusuddan, Mullaitivu. Box plan and tickets will be available at the Bishop's College Auditorium from August 15 onwards.

Fifty-fifty tells the story of Dionysius Sumanasekara, a wealthy country gentlemen who is coaxed by his childhood friends, Thambypillai and Hadjiar Abdul Hameed to contest the Gonahena seat in the State Council by-election. The play follows Dionysius' election campaign, which is spiced with the antics of his flirtatious wife Charlotte, his seemingly innocent daughter Nanda, black market racketeer Abraham Muttiah, and Chelvam Devarajan the campaign lawyer who is in love with Nanda. The play was originally staged during an interesting phase in the political growth of the island. It marked the advent of the Soulbury Commissioners in the island to report on the progress made under the Donoughmore Reforms and to suggest reforms for the future. Lord Soulbury attended the first performance of Fifty-fifty and there are some who believe that the staging of the play had much to do with the liberality of the reforms that followed.

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