Critical Introduction1. Cycle Drama in the Sixteenth Century: Texts and ContextsAlexandra F. Johnston2. The Social Body of the Dramatic Christ in Medieval EnglandPeter W. Travis3.The Dramatic Significance of Christ’s Tears in a French and an English Version of the Lazarus playSeth Riemer3. The Planctus Mariae in the Medieval European Theater: Theology and DramaStanley J. Kahrl 4. Breaking the Frame: Medieval Art and DramaSylvia Tomasch5. Augustine’s Concept of the "Letter" and the Viewer as Subject in Selected Plays from the Towneley CycleMaris G. Fiondellai6. The Magi and Modes of Meaning: The Second Shepherds’ Play as an Index of the Criticism of Medieval DramaDavid Lampe