As September approaches so does the deadline for K'zoo session abstracts. The Medieval and Renaissance Drama Society (MRDS) will be organizing 3 sessions this year: I. Sinking through the Social Strata: The Courtly Roots of Folk Theater II. The Function of Music in Early Drama III. English Theatre and History in the 1580s MRDS welcomes papers on any aspects of performance suited to these general topics. Please submit abstracts by September 15th to me at the address below. E-mail submissions preferred. With apologies to those of you who received multiple postings of this announcement, Gloria J. Betcher ********************** ****************** Gloria J. Betcher, Ph.D. MRDS Sec/Treas Dept. of English Iowa State University 206 Ross Hall Ames, IA 50011 (515) 294-3026 http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gbetcher [log in to unmask]