The Société Internationale pour l'étude du Théâtre Médiéval (SITM) is pleased to announce the publication of volume 9 (2005) of the journal EUROPEAN MEDIEVAL DRAMA. 'European Medieval Drama' is published by Brepols Publishers for the Société internationale pour l'étude du théâtre médiéval, members of which benefit from a preferential subscription rate (30 euros instead of the normal 60 euros, plus shipping costs).** From January 2006 all EMD volumes will be accessible online; the price for the printed plus online versions is 70 euros (but no discount is available on this deal). Information about subscriptions to EMD can be obtained from Brepols: [log in to unmask] ** Subscribers from SITM who place an order for EMD 9 and subsequent volumes before 15 January 2006 can receive one free copy of EMD 8 (2004) as a bonus. They should claim this free copy when contacting Brepols. For further details on SITM membership, please contact the SITM Secretary, Lenke Kovacs: [log in to unmask] The Table of Contents of vol. 9 (2005) is as follows: ARTICLES: The First German Mary Assumption Play (c. 1300) and the Mary Portal of Strasbourg Cathedral. ECKEHARD SIMON, Harvard University. The Staging of the Ludus de assumptione beatae Mariae virginis (Cod. 960, University Library, Innsbruck). LENKE KOVÁKS, Universitat Rovira I Virgili, Tarragona. (Type)Casting the Other; the Representation of Jews and Devils in Two Plays of the Assumption. MARGARET MARY RAFTERY, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein. Un dramaturge et son public au XVe siècle : George Chastelain. ESTELLE DOUDET, Université de Lille. Public et représentations dramatiques dans le nord de la France à la fin du moyen âge. KATELL LAVÉANT, University of Amsterdam. La Sebila Casandra : Gil Vicente's Postmodern Feminist Christmas Play. ROBERT POTTER, University of California, Santa Barbara. The Deconstruction of the Virgin in the Sixteenth-Century Royal Entry in Scotland. GORDON KIPLING, University of California, Los Angeles. The Politics of Playing Herod in Beaune. KATHLEEN ASHLEY, University of Southern Maine. Maître Pathelin et les Pathelinades: plaidoyer pour Henno. KONRAD SCHOELL, Université d'Erfurt. Performance and Sculpture: Forms of Religious Display in Early Modern Krakow. JOLANTE RZEGOCKA, Tischner European University, Krakow. La Muerteada: ¿una Danza de la Muerte en América? / The Muerteada: a Dance of Death in America? GERMÁN BERNARDO, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Substitution : Theatrical Sleight of Hand in Medieval Plays. PHILIP BUTTERWORTH, University of Leeds. BOOK REVIEWS: Max Harris, Carnival and Other Christian Festivals: Folk Theology and Folk Performance. JAY E. MOORE. Stephen K Wright, ed. and transl., Medieval German Drama: Four Plays in Translation. The Innsbruck (Thuringian) Easter Play; The Innsbruck (Thuringian) Corpus Christi Play; The Mülhausen Play of St Catherine; The Play of Lady Jutta; Johannes Janota, ed., Die Hessische Passionsspielgruppe: Edition im Paralleldruck. Band III: Heidelberger Passionsspiel. JOHN E. TAILBY, University of Leeds. Alan E. Knight, ed., Les Mystères de la Procession de Lille, t. 2 Le Pentateuque. MARIE BOUHAÏK-GIRONÈS, University of Amsterdam Peter Happé, Cyclic Form and the English Mystery Plays: A Comparative Study of the English Biblical Cycles and Their Continental and Iconographic Counterparts. CHESTER N. SCOVILLE, University of Toronto. Bart Ramakers, ed., Conformisten en Rebellen. Rederijkerscultuur in de Nederlanden (1400-1650). ELSA STRIETMAN, University of Cambridge. Alan Hindley ---------------------------------------- Dr Alan Hindley General Editor, EMD Department of Modern Languages University of Hull HULL HU6 7RX, UK Email: [log in to unmask] Tel: [44] (0)1482 465833 Fax: [44] (0)1482 465020