The Caucasian Chalk Circle

Informationen zum Autor Bertold Brecht (1898-1956) is one of Germany's best-known playwrights. His social critiques, including The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Mother Courage and Her Children and The Threepenny Opera , resonate with modern audiences and continue to be frequently performed. Eric Bentley, one of the foremost authorities on the modern theatre, is a recognized playwright, critic and scholar, and a longtime intimate of Brecht. His most recent book is Bentley on Brecht. Klappentext The play is a parable inspired by the Chinese play Chalk Circle . Written at the close of World War II, the story is set in the Caucasus mountains of Georgia, and retells the tale of King Solomon and a child claimed by two mothers. A chalk circle is metaphorically drawn around a society misdirected in its priorities. Brecht's statements about class are cloaked in the innocence of a fable that whispers insistently to the audience. Zusammenfassung Retells the tale of King Solomon and a child claimed by two mothers.

Product details

• Authors: Eric Bentley, Bertolt Brecht
• Assisted by: Eric Bentley (Editor), Bentley Eric (Editor)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.07.2007
• EAN: 9780141189161
• ISBN: 978-0-14-118916-1
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Penguin Classics; Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; DRAMA / General, Plays, Playscripts, Plays, playscripts, drama