The Boys from Syracuse - Center Stage

“Our rigid laws of Ephesus mostrightfully refuse/A visa to anycitizen of uncivilized Syracuse.”E P H E S U S —sounds like a sneeze but was more likely to inspire blessings. Home tothe play’s action, this picturesque town on the Aegean coast of Turkeystarted as a colonial settlement of mainland Greeks and becameassociated with all kinds of magic, sorcery, and black arts. Later, it wasan important center for early Christians (and some habitually late,too); Paul was based here for a time and wrote the catchy Epistle tothe Ephesians, which has yet to be set to music.Next Stage: The Boys from Syracuse | 12