Drama at Dauntsey's

"The Caucasian Chalk Circle"

By Bertolt Brecht

Date: n/a

Venue: Memorial Hall


DA servant girl sacrifices everything to protect a child abandoned in the heat of civil war. Order restored, she is made to confront the boy's biological mother in a legal contest over who deserves to keep him. The comical judge calls on an ancient tradition – the chalk circle – to resolve the dispute. Who wins?


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