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More power to your elbow, Alan, in working with computer technology for teaching. Several things occur to me. First, there seems to be a real sense that the only medieval drama accessible to undergraduates is the Wakefield Master. Can I second Larry Clopper's comment and raise a cry not only for Chester but for York? The advantage those two cycles have -- and the Shearman and Tailors pageant from Coventry is that we also have the records in the REED series and if you want to work on staging details (the York Judgment is a good one for this, for example) or social context you can use the REED material in your links. While I am on the subject of teaching three other points -- first the U of T and PLS have both class length and full length versions of Castle of Perseverance and the N-Town Passion as well as a Robin Hood and a Wakefield Cain and Abel on video. I have used them all to great effect in the class room. Second, REED/PLS also has slide sets of the big PLS productions and of types playing of playing spaces and of real playing spaces identified in REED research. PLS also has available three teaching texts -- Everyman, Nice Wanton and Robin Hood based on productions. Let us know if you want details of prices and how to order. Alexandra Johnston