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Dear Friends, A colleague of mine has posed a question that I am unable to sort out for her with any confidence. The specific query appears below but it asks for a date when "liturgical" type drama shifted from interiors of churches to outdoors. If you post your response to the list (I am interested and others may be), I will pass it along to her. Alternatively, you may reply directly to Prof. Clark. Meanwhile I am supplying her with copies of Chambers *The Medieval Stage*, Tydeman's *The Theatre in the Middle Ages*, and Hardin Craig's *English Religious Drama of the Middle Ages* -- all of which seem to provide a swamp of evidence on why it may be hard to pinpoint a date. Thanks for your consideration. Paul Nelsen Theatre and Drama Marlboro College Is there any documentation (chronicles, letters, etc.) to suggest, within a decade or two, when theatrical performances moved from a liturgical context within the church to public performances of somewhat longer plays on the exterior? I have a reference that mentions the twelfth century, but that is a long and complex century, and I would like to be more precise. Thank you, W. B. Clark (Art History, Marlboro College: [log in to unmask]).