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The Caucasian Chalk Circle
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The Caucasian Chalk Circle
His influences
Conclusion
- Political and cultural ideas associated with Marxiism
- Admired theatrical innovations of Vsevolod Meyerhold and Erwin Piscator
- Their styles were articulated into Brechts early 'teaching plays'
- one of those plays was the Caucasian Chalk Circle
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
- Written in 1994
- Based on an ancient Chinese play
- Brecht changed the setting to Soviet Georgia near the end of WW| |
- Story about a young servant who saves an abandoned baby (governors son) and follows her journey
- Didactic message 'whoever can make the best use of resources in order to provide for others deserves to get those resources. '
Bertolt Brecht
- Born February 10 1898
- Gained recognition as unconventional writer
- Fled to exile when Nazi Party came to power in Germany
- Traveled in America in Europe during exile
- Co-founded a theatre company called the Berliner Ensemble
- Died in 1956 reviving a production he staged in the US
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