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Caucasian Chalk Circle, The (Tr. McGuinness)

A fresh and powerful translation of Brecht's incendiary masterpiece by one of the most respected translators in modern literature.

  • Full Length Play
  • Drama

  • Time Period: 1940s / WWII
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
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.

  • Casting: 13M, 13F
  • Casting Attributes: Reduced casting (Doubling Possible), Room for Extras

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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.

$34.95