The Caucasian Chalk Circle

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epic theatre work play

The Caucasian Chalk Circle is a 1944 play by Bertolt Brecht that reimagines a Chinese parable in a war-torn Caucasian setting to explore themes of justice, motherhood, and the rightful ownership of land and children.

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Label Occurrences
The Caucasian Chalk Circle canonical 2
"The Caucasian Chalk Circle" 1
The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Off-Broadway) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf epic theatre work ⓘ
play ⓘ
author Bertolt Brecht ⓘ
basedOn Chinese parable ⓘ
The Caucasian Chalk Circle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Chalk Circle by Li Xingdao
containsCharacter The Singer ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
dramaticForm Brechtian theatre ⓘ
dramaticTechnique Verfremdungseffekt ⓘ
narrator figure ⓘ
songs and commentary ⓘ
firstMajorProductionCompany Berliner Ensemble ⓘ
firstProductionLanguage German ⓘ
genre didactic play ⓘ
epic theatre ⓘ
political drama ⓘ
hasAdaptation radio play adaptations ⓘ
stage productions worldwide ⓘ
television adaptations ⓘ
inspiredBy King Solomon and the baby judgment motif ⓘ
languageFeature use of songs to comment on action ⓘ
literaryPeriod 20th-century drama ⓘ
mainCharacter Azdak ⓘ
Grusha Vashnadze ⓘ
Michael ⓘ
Natella Abashwili ⓘ
narrativeDevice prologue in a Soviet collective farm ⓘ
notableElement Soviet collective farm framing story ⓘ
chalk circle trial scene ⓘ
originalLanguage German ⓘ
period World War II era ⓘ
philosophicalBasis Brecht's theory of epic theatre ⓘ
dialectical materialism ⓘ
plotElement abandoned governor's child is adopted by servant girl ⓘ
dispute over the child is resolved by chalk circle test ⓘ
politicalContext Marxist interpretation of property and justice ⓘ
setting Caucasus region ⓘ
war-torn Caucasian village ⓘ
structure play within a play ⓘ
theme class struggle ⓘ
justice ⓘ
legal versus moral right ⓘ
motherhood ⓘ
rightful ownership of children ⓘ
rightful ownership of land ⓘ
social responsibility ⓘ
war and its consequences ⓘ
yearWritten 1944 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bertolt Brecht → notableWork → The Caucasian Chalk Circle ⓘ
Alison Steadman → notableWork → The Caucasian Chalk Circle ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Caucasian Chalk Circle (stage)
epic theatre → hasKeyWork → The Caucasian Chalk Circle ⓘ
Berliner Ensemble → notableWork → The Caucasian Chalk Circle ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Caucasian Chalk Circle (productions)
The Caucasian Chalk Circle → basedOn → The Caucasian Chalk Circle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Chalk Circle by Li Xingdao
Therese Giehse → performedIn → The Caucasian Chalk Circle ⓘ
this entity surface form: "The Caucasian Chalk Circle"
Justin Townsend → hasWorkedOn → The Caucasian Chalk Circle ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Off-Broadway)