Richard on the stage at ancient theater Filipi

The ancient ruins of the city of Filipi are outside of Kavala on the road to Bulgaria. This is the place where St. Paul came to preach. There are ruins of ancient Greek ceramic tile floors, the Roman street with accompanying agora(market place), the bathing room with toilets, the remains of a Byzantine Basilica and this theater. I stood in the center of the stage and talked in a quiet normal voice and I was heard easily in the back row. The theater overlooks the ruins of the city of Filipi. I have seen a couple of productions here and it is thrilling when the sun sets and the show begins. But, of course, the seating is the original stone and it wrecks havoc with your rear end. So the people sell styrofoam squares to sit on. The place holds about 3,000 people and even today in modern Greece, once the play starts, the audience, including grandparents, little children, young hip types, all slam shut and don't move for the duration. This silence is enthralling.