Synopsis
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
$15.99 Bertolt Brecht trans Frank McGuinness
Published by Methuen
Large Mixed Cast
A morality masterpiece, The Caucasian Chalk Circle powerfully demonstrates Brecht's pioneering theatrical techniques
A servant girl sacrifices everything to protect a child abandoned in the heat of civil war
Order restored, she is made to confront the boy's biological mother in a legal contest over who deserves to keep him
The comical judge calls on an ancient tradition the chalk circle to resolve the dispute
Who wins?
This version by Frank McGuinness was first presented by the National Theatre in 1997 and revived in 2007, opening at the Gulbenkian Theatre, Canterbury, on 8 January