The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht

The Caucasian Chalk Circle

Bertolt Brecht with Eric Bentley (Translator)

104 pages first pub 1945 (editions)

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This 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. It retells the tale of King Solomon and a child claimed and fought over by two mothers.

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