The Caucasian chalk circle / translated from the German by James and Tania Stern with W. H. Auden
By: Brecht, Bertolt
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Contributor(s): Stern, James | Stern, Tania | Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh).
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BookPublisher: London : Methuen Drama, 2005Description: xlv, 129 p. ; 20 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780413544506 .Contained works: Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956. Kaukasische Kreidekreis.Subject(s): Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956 -- Translations into English | Drama -- 20th century | German dramaDDC classification: 832.912 BRE
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| General lending | MTU Cork School of Music Library Lending | 832.912 BRE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00177489 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Brecht projects an ancient Chinese story onto a realistic setting in Soviet Georgia. In a theme that echoes the Judgment of Solomon, two women argue over the possession of a child; thanks to the unruly judge, Azdak (one of Brecht''s most vivid creations) natural justice is done and the peasant Grusha keeps the child she loves, even though she is not its mother. Written in exile in the United States during the Second World War, The Caucasian Chalk Circleis a politically-charged, much-revived and complex example of Brecht's epic theatre.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Bertolt Brecht was born on February 10, 1898 in Augsburg, Bavaria, and died on August 14, 1956. He was a German playwright, theatre director and Marxist. The modest house where he was born is today preserved as a Brecht Museum.Brecht formed a writing collective which became prolific and very influential. He wrote many lyrics for musicals and collaborated with Kurt Weill to create Die Dregroschenoper -- the biggest hit in 1920s Berlin.
Brecht experimented with his own theater and company -- the Berliner Ensemble -- which put on his plays under his direction and which continued after his death with the assistance of his wife. Brecht aspired to create political theater, and it is difficult to evaluate his work in purely aesthetic terms.
Brecht died in 1956.
(Bowker Author Biography)