The Caucasian chalk circle

Bertolt Brecht

Original title: Der kaukasische Kreidekreis

earliest edition we have, 1968 Glasgow Blackie, 1968 147 pages

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"The Caucasian Chalk Circle 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 whispe...

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Editions we hold

Caucasian Chalk Circle (Modern Plays) paperback · 2008 · Methuen Drama · 128 pages · 9780713685947
The Caucasian chalk circle edition · 1999 · University of Minnesota Press · 104 pages
The Caucasian chalk circle edition · 1996 · Heinemann · 106 pages
The Caucasian chalk circle edition · 1994 · Arcade Pub. · 128 pages
Y cylch sialc edition · 1991 · CAA · 101 pages
Der kaukasische Kreidekreis edition · 1990 · Routledge · 192 pages
The Caucasian chalk circle edition · 1989 · Heinemann Methuen · 105 pages
The Caucasian chalk circle edition · 1987 · Grove Press · 144 pages
The Caucasian Chalk Circle edition · 1984 · A&C Black · 176 pages · 9780413544506
Der kaukasische Kreidekreis edition · 1982 · Methuen Educational · 152 pages
Der kaukasische Kreidekreis edition · 1981 · Suhrkamp Verlag · 119 pages · 9783518100318
The Caucasian chalk circle edition · 1973 · Methuen · 96 pages

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