This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Structural and Syntactical Pattern Recognition, SSPR '96, held in Leipzig, Germany in August 1996.
The 36 revised full papers included together with three invited papers were carefully selected from a total of 52 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on grammars and languages; morphology and mathematical approaches to pattern recognition; semantic nets, relational models and graph-based methods; 2D and 3D shape recognition; document image analysis and recognition; and handwritten and printed character recognition.

This collection of 75 original plays explores a rare but potent theatrical form: the short monologue as a complete and independent play. In a matter of minutes, each play evokes a rich world populated by engrossing characters. Mixing diverse styles and subjects, they produce the unexpected. Lamenting the death of her brother, Medea speaks in verse but so does a gondola dying in the canals of Venice. Other monologues offer scenes of daily life sliced with care and affectionately displayed. Comic and moving, outspoken and subtle, inviting and mysterious, these inventive plays form a captivating human mosaic.