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The Caucasian chalk circle / Bertolt Brecht ; translated by Frank McGuinness.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956, author.
- Series:
- Methuen modern plays
- Modern plays
- Standardized Title:
- Kaukasische Kreidekreis. English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Bloomsbury, [2014]
- Summary:
- In a prologue set in Soviet Georgia, a narrator introduces the story of choice and sacrifice. The servant girl Grusha sacrifices everything she has to look after an abandoned child, even marrying a dying peasant in order to provide for him. But when the boy's biological mother attempts to reclaim him, the unruly judge Azdak calls on the ancient tradition of the chalk circle to resolve the dispute. Brecht subverts an ancient Chinese story into a parable advocating that resources should go to those best able to make use of them. A morality masterpiece, the play powerfully demonstrates Brecht's pioneering theatrical techniques.
- Notes:
- This translation previously issued in print: London: Methuen Drama, 2007.
- Translated from the German.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 5, 2014).
- Other Format:
- Print version :
- OCLC:
- 947797186
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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