diff --git a/src/include/display-facade.h b/src/include/display-facade.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d46afe2ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/include/display-facade.h
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+/*
+  DISPLAY-FACADE.hpp  -  accessing a display for outputting frames
+ 
+  Copyright (C)         Lumiera.org
+    2009,               Hermann Vosseler <Ichthyostega@web.de>
+ 
+  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+  modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+  published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+  License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ 
+  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ 
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+  Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+ 
+*/
+
+
+#ifndef GUI_INTERFACE_DISPLAY_H
+#define GUI_INTERFACE_DISPLAY_H
+
+
+
+struct lumiera_displaySlot_struct 
+  {
+    unsigned int index_;
+  };
+
+typedef struct lumiera_displaySlot_struct LumieraDisplaySlot;  ///< value semantics
+
+
+struct lumiera_displayFrame_struct 
+  { 
+    void* const buff_;
+  };
+typedef struct lumiera_displayFrame_struct LumieraDisplayFrame;
+
+
+
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus  /* ============== C++ Interface ================= */
+
+#include "include/interfaceproxy.hpp"
+
+#include <boost/noncopyable.hpp>
+#include <tr1/functional>
+
+
+
+namespace lumiera {
+  
+  using std::tr1::function;
+
+  
+//  class ProcessImpl;
+  
+  
+  /******************************************************************
+   * Interface for outputting frames to an (already allocated) viewer
+   * or display. The viewer is addressed by an "slot" handle, which the 
+   * client receives from some other public interface. This reflects
+   * the fact that is's not up to the client to create an display or
+   * viewer; rather they are provided by some internal facility and
+   * the client code is handed out an display handle in the course
+   * of a larger interaction, like starting a player. This way,
+   * when the client code actually is about to produce output, 
+   * he can allocate the slot and obtain a Displayer (functor)
+   * for pushing the frames out. (Users of the C Language Interface
+   * have to carry out these steps manually and also have to care
+   * for cleaning up and deallocating the slot).
+   * 
+   * @note This is a first draft version of a rather important 
+   *       interface. The current version as of 1/2009 just serves
+   *       a mockup player implementation. You can expect this interface
+   *       to change considerably if we get at devising the real player.
+   * @see dummy-player-facade.hpp
+   * @see gui::PlaybackController 
+   * 
+   */
+  class Display
+    {
+    public:
+      
+      
+      /**
+       * Functor for pushing frames to the display
+       */
+      typedef function<void(Frame*)> Displayer;
+      
+      
+      /** allocate an already existing display/viewer for output
+       *  @return a functor representing the frame sink */
+      virtual Displayer getHandle(LumieraDisplaySlot)   =0;
+      
+      
+      virtual ~DummyPlayer();
+    };
+  
+    
+
+  
+} // namespace lumiera
+
+
+
+extern "C" {
+#endif /* =========================== CL Interface ===================== */
+
+
+#include "common/interface.h"
+
+LUMIERA_INTERFACE_DECLARE (lumieraorg_Display, 0
+                          , LUMIERA_INTERFACE_SLOT (void,               put,(LumieraDisplaySlot, LumieraDisplayFrame, bool))
+);
+
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+#endif
diff --git a/src/include/dummy-player-facade.h b/src/include/dummy-player-facade.h
index c2750e1c8..8bea6568a 100644
--- a/src/include/dummy-player-facade.h
+++ b/src/include/dummy-player-facade.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #ifndef PROC_INTERFACE_DUMMYPLAYER_H
 #define PROC_INTERFACE_DUMMYPLAYER_H
 
+#include "include/display-facade.h"
 
 
 struct lumiera_playprocess_struct { };