Einar wie Eva: Towards an Economy of the Feminine in Schleef's Puntila

In his Berliner Ensemble production, Schleef focuses on the return ofthe excluded-domesticated feminine as the fear or death center of the piece.To accomplish this, Schleef brings the rehearsal process on stage and allieshimself with the text itself, and in so doing finds himself in disagreementwith both Brecht the author and Brecht the director.