The Caucasian Chalk Circle

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 outcome: 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.

About Author	Bertolt Brecht (born Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht) was a German poet, playwright, and theatre director. A seminal theatre practitioner of the twentieth century, Brecht made equally significant cont
Author	Bertolt Brecht
Book Series	Modern Classics
Format	Ebook
ISBN	9780413308504
Language	English
Pages	136
Publication Date	03-14-1963
Publisher	Methuen Drama

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