Today we were regaled by Hanno, Agorastacles and Milphio in Plautus’ Poenulus in the grand theater in Taormina, Roman Tauromenium. The weather was glorious, the tourists few and we got to experiment with the acoustics, consider who exactly was foreign in this building and enjoy the full vista of both a snow-capped Etna and the huge Roman Scene Building:
We also spent some quality time in the uncharacteristically (for Sicily) expensive cafes and streets, now being decorated for the holidays:
