Sri Lanka, Feb. 13 -- We are not a colony of ants or a hive of bees working all the time. We create and we innovate, and we give our lives meaning and purpose. We question our own existence and speculate about our place in the universe. And because of our intelligence, we have created what we know today as entertainment. Before the birth of Jesus Christ, over 2000 years ago, playwrights such as the great and gifted Sophocles created works that, to this day, are being performed in theatres around the world. Who can be insensible to those timeless plays - The Theban Plays?

The brave Antigone and the ill-fated and unfortunate Oedipus! It was one of the greatest tragedies ever written. And what about the great William Shakespeare? He is admi...