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and English, obviously a student, and he seemed engrossed in a volume of Aristotle. He took no interest in us until Julian engaged the waiter in a discussion of his vegetarian preferences for the meal. After the waiter left, the young man questioned Julian and Judith on the advatages of and reasons for not eating meat. They, in turn, instructed him in exquisite detail on the matter until heaping plates of carrots, potatoes, cauliflower arrived. This opening gambit could not result in other than a lengthy dialogue that included pacifism, anarchy, and the goals of the Living Theatre. By the time we arrived in Le Havre, I was convinced that the young man had been won over to what he originally regarded as "a noble but hopeless way of life." For those who are interested in such things, this was after The Connection and during the tour of The Brig. It preceded Mysteries, Frankenstein, and Paradise Now. The weather was damp and cold that day. The wind blew fiercely over the English Channel, and the sea rolled in ominous swells. It should not be surprising to anyone that the Steamer sails on, traversing the storm, in search of a secure port-of-call. ■ Kenneth H. Brown

IT WAS IN 1970 that The Living Theatre changed my life. I was 14, already stagestruck and busy making some adolescent gestures against the war. But I had no idea that these preoccupations could have anything to do with each other. Then, somehow, I got my hands on the 1969 Yale/Theatre issue devoted to The Living Theatre. It blew my mind: those photos of bare backs rising from a sea of spectators, glinting in the stage light, arms stretched toward the sky; those interviews with Judith and Julian and others, all taking as a given the idea that theatre was something that could matter in the World. It wold be some 15 years before I’d see The Living Theatre perform, but there in the Midwest in 1970, in ways I couldn't yet articulate, The Living Theatre was teaching me to imagine both theatre and the world in hopeful new ways. ■ Alisa Solomon

THE LEGACY OF CAIN Faced with great critical and even commercial success, The Living Theatre took a radical step to reaffirm its commitment to its political and artistic ideals. In

1970, the company renounced conventional theatrical halls, where admission could be charged, in favor of the streets. Performing in a cycle of politically oriented spectacles under the general title of The Legacy of Cain, it played first in the shantytowns of Rio and then, after a period in Brazilian jails followed by deportation, in industrial slums in the United States. ■

YOU HAVE TO BE CRAZY to want to go to the theatre. You have to be crazy to want to work in the theatre. If the theatre were 100% dead, there'd be no prolem. We'd be rid of it and it need never be mentioned again. But when it’s deadly, then the really crazy ones try to make something that's living. Living Theatre. Julian did this so did Judith and all the others who lived and travelled with them and all those they met on the way, who became convinced that living theatre and living life were the same thing. But the 60 's have gone and with them a whole way of life. So what is living today? New world, new Questions. Living Theatre is a great name, a great challenge. The name can never go out of date. But how to live up to it? We are all in the same boat, sharing the doubts, sharing the warm glance back on the past, and today sharing the celebration. ■ Peter Brook

I WISH to extend my congratulations to you on the fortieth anniversary of the most celebrated American avant-garde repertory theatre company in the world. I can only hope my classical repertory company can achieve the reputation and success of The Living Theatre. ■ Tony Randall

1975 - 1985 The Living Theatre returned to Europe in 1975, at first performing only in factories, shipyards, mental hospitals, town squares, and other public places. In 1978, tie company decided to regain contact with more traditional theatrical audiences. Based in Rome, the theatre travelled widely across the Continent until its residency in France in