Azdak in Unuwataye Kathawa. Piyal in Gamperaliya. Sudu Seeya in Doo Daruwo. These three characters symbolise the sea of talent that versatile actor Henry Jayasena possessed in the three visual media — the theatre, cinema and television. The curtain call has come. Henry is no more.

So begins a lovely Irish song, but there was no smile in the eyes of Mother St. Paul, our Irish Boarding Mistress as she regarded the 14-year-old girl standing before her. “Do you hear me Tamara,” she said sternly. “Give me that scrapbook this very minute. You are not going to get it back again."