If you have any helpful information about this query, please reply directly to Max Harris at the address given below: he is not on our list. A. Records of Early English Drama/ Victoria College/ 150 Charles Street W Toronto Ontario Canada Phone (416) 585-4504/FAX (416) [log in to unmask] http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~reed/reed.html => REED's home page http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~reed/reed-l.html => REED-L's home page http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~reed/stage.html => our theatre resource page ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 08:49:40 -0600 From: Max Harris <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Sword Dances Violet Alford, _Sword Dance and Drama_ (1962), writes, pp. 28, 106-7, that the earliest verifiable record of a sword dance comes from Nuremberg in 1350. Does anybody know of an earlier example? Thanks in advance, Max _________________________________ Max Harris, Executive Director Wisconsin Humanities Council 802 Regent Street, First Floor Madison, Wisconsin 53715-2610 tel: 608/262-0706 fax: 608/263-7970 http://www.danenet.wicip.org/whc