Der kaukasische Kreidekreis

No cover — Bertolt Brecht: Der kaukasische Kreidekreis (German language, 1996, Suhrkamp Verlag)

German language

Published April 26, 1996 by Suhrkamp Verlag.

ISBN:: 978-3-518-10049-3

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The Caucasian Chalk Circle (German: Der kaukasische Kreidekreis) is a play by the German modernist playwright Bertolt Brecht. An example of Brecht's epic theatre, the play is a parable about a peasant girl who rescues a baby and becomes a better mother than the baby's wealthy biological parents. The play was written in 1944 while Brecht was living in the United States. It was translated into English by Brecht's friend and admirer Eric Bentley and its world premiere was a student production at Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, in 1948. Its first professional production was at the Hedgerow Theatre, Philadelphia, directed by Bentley. Its German premiere by the Berliner Ensemble was on October 7, 1954, at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm in Berlin.The Caucasian Chalk Circle is one of Brecht's most celebrated works and one of the most regularly performed 'German' plays. It reworks Brecht's earlier short story "Der Augsburger Kreidekreis." Both …

The Caucasian Chalk Circle (German: Der kaukasische Kreidekreis) is a play by the German modernist playwright Bertolt Brecht. An example of Brecht's epic theatre, the play is a parable about a peasant girl who rescues a baby and becomes a better mother than the baby's wealthy biological parents. The play was written in 1944 while Brecht was living in the United States. It was translated into English by Brecht's friend and admirer Eric Bentley and its world premiere was a student production at Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, in 1948. Its first professional production was at the Hedgerow Theatre, Philadelphia, directed by Bentley. Its German premiere by the Berliner Ensemble was on October 7, 1954, at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm in Berlin.The Caucasian Chalk Circle is one of Brecht's most celebrated works and one of the most regularly performed 'German' plays. It reworks Brecht's earlier short story "Der Augsburger Kreidekreis." Both derive from the 14th-century Chinese play The Chalk Circle by Li Xingdao.

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Kristal reviewed Le Cercle de craie caucasien by Bertolt Brecht

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Cette pièce est difficile à la lecture : il y a beaucoup trop de personnages et d'actions simultanées, le premier tableau semble détaché du reste et la mise en contexte m'a plus perdu qu'autre chose. L'épopée de Groucha est intéressante, ses sentiments et ses différentes rencontres sur son chemin également. Le dilemme imposé par le jugement de Salomon est plutôt divertissant sur scène mais ennuyant à lire. "Le Cercle de craie caucasien" nous mène toutefois à de profondes réflexions sur notre monde et notre société d'aujourd'hui mais la distanciation m'a empêché de m'investir dans cette lecture.