The essays within this volume explore a diverse range of topics pertinent to current studies in medieval drama.
This issue comprises the following articles: ECKEHARD SIMON, 'The First German Mary Assumption Play (c. 1300) and the Mary Portal of Strasbourg Cathedral'; LENKE KOVACS, 'The Staging of the Ludus de assumptione beatae Mariae virginis (Cod. 960, University Library, Innsbruck); MARGARET MARY RAFTERY, '(Type)Casting the Other: The Representation of Jews and Devils in Two Plays of the Assumption'; ESTELLE DOUDET, 'Un dramaturge et son public au XVe siècle: George Chastelain'; KATELL LAVéANT, 'Public et représentations dramatiques dans le nord de la France à la fin du Moyen âge'; ROBERT POTTER, 'La Sebila Casandra: Gil Vicente’s Postmodern Feminist Christmas Play'; GORDON KIPLING, 'The Deconstruction of the Virgin in the Sixteenth-Century Royal Entry in Scotland'; KATHLEEN ASHLEY, 'The Politics of Playing Herod in Beaune'; KONRAD SCHOELL, Maitre Pathelin et les pathelinades: plaidoyer pour Henno'; JOLANTA RZEGOCKA, 'Performance and Sculpture: Forms of Religious Display in Early Modern Krakow'; GERMAN BERNARDO,La Muerteada: una Danza de la Muerte en America? / The Muerteada: A Dance of Death in America?'; PHILIP BUTTERWORTH, 'Substitution: Theatrical Sleight of Hand in Medieval Plays'.