num_pages: 144
description: 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 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.
language: English
title: The Caucasian Chalk Circle
titlecomplete: The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Modern Classics)
characters: Georgi Abashwili, Grusha, Simon Shashava, Grusha Vashnadze
genres: Literature, Fiction, Theatre, 20th Century, Plays, School, Drama, German Literature, Germany, Classics
ratings_count: 8384
places: Caucasus Mountains, Georgia (Eurasian country)
publisher: Methuen Drama