WESTERN EUROPEAN STAGES: Volume 10, Number 2 Spring 1998 Editor Marvin Carlson Contributing Editors Harry Carlson Rosette Lamont Miriam D'Aponte Glenn Loney Marion P. Holt David Willinger Christine Melt Center for Advanced Studies in Theatre Arts Managing Editors Edwin Wilson, Director Erin Hurley, Jonathan Warman CASTA Copyright 1998To the Reader In this, the second number of our tenth volume, the reader will find, as usual, reports on current and recent theatre activities in a number of countries. France, somewhat neglected in our last regular isue, is by way of compensation well covered in this issue, with several articles, an interview with Lucinda Childs, and a retrospective of the entire past season, Germany is also well represented with articles ‘on Berlin and Munich and an interview with director Christine Meilitz. There are also reports from Stockholm, Salzburg, wrapping up the Peter Stein era there, and London, including our second report on the CORRECTIONS: For our speci new Globe theatre there. ur fall issue will provide information on spring productions, summer festivals, and the upcoming fall season, and we are planning for, the next special issue, to be published in the Winter of 1998-99, a ten-year index to the journal. Western European Stages (ISSN 1050-1991) is published three times a year, in the Winter, Spring and Fall Subscriptions are $15.00 for each calendar year. Foreign subscriptions require an additional $5.00 for postage. All submisions should be sent to the Editor, Western European Stages, CASTA, 33 West 42nd Street, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10036-8099 issue on Italy, several uncorrected proof pages were inadvertently sent to the printer. We apologize for the typographical errors that appeared as a result, and particularly for the omission on the ttle page of the name of Antonella Di Nocera, who ‘not only contributed articles to this special issue, but served as special guest editor and was instrumental in helping us gain the coverage of this extremely rich and active theatre culture, The name of Paolo Sommaiolo, who contributed an essay on new Neapolitan dramaturgy, was also misspelled. We apologize for these errorsTable of Contents Volume 10 Number 2 Spring 1998 Lewer From Pars: Winter 1997-98... ov ce- Rosette Lamont 5 Lucinda Childs and Robert Wikon: La Maladie de la Mort. . cosesseMariaShevsova 15 Interview with Lucinda Childs , ceceectecseessessesee esse Maia Shevtsova 17 Festival Season in Munich 5 csessess Glenn Loney 25 Mediating the Body at Spiclart 97: Munich's Festival of Experimental Theatre Christopher Balme 41 Berlin Productions During the Holidays... Yvonne Shafer 47 ‘Yvonne Shafer 59 The Stone Age is Over: Peter Stein Stages His Last Salzburg Shows Glenn Loney 65 Fresh Approaches to Moder Classics in Stockholm: Peer Gynt and The Father Esater Szalezer 77 London and Paris, 1998 John Louis DiGaetani 81 ‘Shakespeare's Globe Reborn Louis Muinzer_ 87 ‘Theatre Without a Sense of Urgency: The 1996-97 Paris Season .........e.cec0eceeceese+ Josette Féral 95 Notes on Contributors syecrea . oh ake es Piers... 107