Brecht’s plays are so layered with symbolism and enriched with moral lessons that it’s no surprise production companies have consistently found new ways of interpreting them. The Caucasian Chalk ...

Brecht based his 1945 play on the story of Solomon from the Old Testament and on a 14th-century Chinese chalk circle tale. The play takes place in Georgia during a civil war. Grusha, the maid cannot ...

The story of a land dispute between two rival groups in Eastern Europe, a 'special military operation' and a refugee crisis. No, not the current news headlines, but the contents of Bertolt Brecht's ...

The play Caucasian Chalk Circle was written in 1944 by German playwright, Bertolt Brecht. Set in the Caucasus region (hence the name) at the end of World War II, it follows Grusha, a maid to a wealthy ...

When it's announced at the start of "The Caucasian Chalk Circle" that those assembled on stage will be putting on a play called "The Caucasian Chalk Circle," one character asks, "Can you hurry it up?

Nacogdoches High theater students are taking a particularly challenging show on the road this weekend, presenting German playwright Bertolt Brecht’s “The Caucasian Chalk Circle” for one-act play ...

A captivating production borne from a collaboration between Shared Experience, West Yorkshire Playhouse and Nottingham Playhouse, The Caucasian Chalk Circle follows the journey of Grusha (Matti ...

Don’t bother bringing tissues to Far From Heaven, the chilly musical adaptation of Todd Haynes’s 2002 film. Haynes updated a classic Douglas Sirk weepie, trading Sirk’s class concerns for racial and ...

The concept of producing a play by Bertolt Brecht has to be somewhat daunting. Add to that idea the realization that the production will be performed by college students. Such is the case with ...

Another Bertolt Brecht’s play is on the way to the Ethiopian audience. This time at the Hager Fikir Theater. “The Caucasian Chalk Circle” is adapted into amharic and directed by Manyazewal Endeshaw in ...