Sri Lanka, Oct. 21 -- For the 51st year, the All Island Inter-School Shakespeare Drama Competition, jointly organised by the Rotary Club of Colombo North (RCCN) and the Colombo YMCA, concluded on a high note with strong islandwide participation.

This year's semi-finals, held from September 21 to 23 at the Lionel Wendt Theatre, featured 20 Girls' teams and 22 Boys' teams representing schools from Jaffna, Kegalle, Negombo, Kandy, and Colombo. Eight finalist teams (four in each category) took the stage for the two-day finals on October 2 and 3 at the Bishop's College Auditorium.

The judges at the finals were Nimmi Harasgama, Delon Weerasinghe and Eraj De Silva PC. Beyond the performances, participating students benefited from enhanced capa...