Short Play Drama Festival 2017 Cecil Fonseka’s “International ‘Jak’ Tree” [This is not a review of the performance but an analysis of the script – Sunil de Silva] One of the cameo dramas in the Sinhala Short Drama Festival of 2017 at the Pacific Hills Christian School, Dural on 14 October ’17, Cecil Fonseka’s “Anthar Jaatika Kos Gaha [ International Jak Tree] presented an interesting scenario Cecil had cast the characters as representing the different countries. Siryawathie’ [Sri Lanka] [Sriyakanti Ranasinghe] Cecil presented the complex international economic conundrum of the U$ replacing the Gold Standard backed Sterling Pound as the Global Currency, in a light hearted comedy that cleverly veiled the iron fist in the velvet glove. Cecil was drawing on the children’s game of using “Kos Kola” [ Jak leaves] as ‘play money’ to alert the audience that printed paper currency has no intrinsic value, except acceptance by those transacting business ...