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The Caucasian Chalk Circle Bertolt Brecht

The Caucasian Chalk Circle By Bertolt Brecht

The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht


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Summary

Inspired by the Chinese play Chalk Circle, and written at the close of World War II, this parable is set in the Caucasus Mountains of Georgia. It re-tells the tale of King Solomon and a child claimed and fought over by two women.

The Caucasian Chalk Circle Summary

The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht

Written in exile during the Second World War, the story of Brecht's classic play subverts an ancient Chinese tale - echoed in the Judgement of Solomon - in which two women claim the same child. The message of Brecht's parable is that resources should go to those who will make best use of them. Thanks to the rascally judge, Azdak, one of Brecht's most vivid creations, this story has a happy outcome: the child is entrusted to the peasant Grusha, who has loved and nurtured it.Published in Methuen Drama's Modern Classics series, this edition features an extensive introduction, Brecht's own notes on the play and a full appendix of textual variants. It is the standard critical edition of the work in an acclaimed translation by James and Tania Stern with W. H. Auden.

The Caucasian Chalk Circle Reviews

"One of the greatest poets and dramatists of our century" The Observer

About Bertolt Brecht

Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) is acknowledged as one of the great dramatists whose work has had a considerable influence on the theatre. His landmark plays include Mother Courage and Her Children, The Threepenny Opera, The Life of Galileo, and The Caucasian Chalk Circle. His plays and dramatic theory are central to the study of modern theatre.

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GOR001256385
9780413308504
0413308502
The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
1963-06-01
144
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