The Caucasian Chalk Circle (tr. McGuinness)

The Caucasian Chalk Circle (tr. McGuinness)

The Caucasian Chalk Circle (tr. McGuinness)

Bertolt Brecht, Frank McGuinness

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The Caucasian Chalk Circle (tr. McGuinness)

The Caucasian Chalk Circle (tr. McGuinness)

Bertolt Brecht, Frank McGuinness

Overview

In the heat of civil war a mother abandons her son, and the responsibility to rear the child falls upon Grusha, a servant girl. She sacrifices everything in order to respectfully raise the young boy as her own, but when the biological mother returns a debate arises as to who the rightful mother of the boy is. This is a fresh and powerful translation of Brecht's incendiary masterpiece by one of the most respected translators in modern literature.

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  • Genre: Period
  • Time Period: 1940s/WWII
  • Cast Attributes: Reduced Casting (Doubling Possible)

Authors

Bertolt Brecht

Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956), playwright, poet and director, was born in Augsburg, Germany in February 1898. He established himself as a playwright during the 1920s and early 1930s with plays such as Baal, Man is Man, The Threepenny Opera and The Mother. In 1933, as Hitler came ...
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Frank McGuinness

Frank McGuinness
Frank McGuinness was born in Buncrana County, Donegal, lives in Dublin, and lectures in English at University College, Dublin. His plays include: THE FACTORY GIRLS (Abbey Theatre, Dublin, 1982, and Arcola Theatre, London, January 2006), BAGLADY (Abbey Theatre, Dublin, 1985), ...
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