The Caucasian Chalk Circle

by Bertolt Brecht

2020-12-31 22:19:58

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 shou... Read more
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.

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Book Details

File size7.8 X 5.08 X 0.35 in
Print pages144
PublisherBloomsbury
Publication date January 19, 2009
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780413308504
Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (10 Feb 1898 – 14 Aug 1956), known professionally as Bertolt Brecht, was a German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet. Coming of age during the Weimar Republic...

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