Product details
ISBN
9780713685947
Published
2007-01-23
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight
148 gr
Height
198 mm
Width
126 mm
Thickness
8 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
128
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Author
Translated by
Volume editor
Biographical note
Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) is acknowledged as one of the great dramatists whose plays, work with the Berliner Ensemble and writing have had a considerable influence on the theatre. His landmark plays include The Threepenny Opera and, while exiled from Germany and living in the USA, such masterpieces as The Life of Galileo, Mother Courage and The Caucasian Chalk Circle.
A morality masterpiece, The Caucasian Chalk Circle powerfully demonstrates Brecht's pioneering theatrical techniques. This version by Frank McGuinness was published to coincide with the National Theatre's production which toured the UK in 2007. A 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? This version by Frank McGuinness was first presented by the National Theatre in 1997 and revived in 2007, opening at the Gulbenkian Theatre, Canterbury, on 8 January.
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A morality masterpiece, The Caucasian Chalk Circle powerfully demonstrates Brecht's pioneering theatrical techniques. This version by Frank McGuinness is published to coincide with the National Theatre's production touring the UK.
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One of Brecht's great plays, studied by students of drama and English Literature Published to accompany the national tour by the National Theatre of Frank McGuinness's translation. Brecht is one of the most important dramatists of the twentieth century whose work is studied on every Theatre Studies course.
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One of Brecht's great plays, studied by students of drama and English Literature
The Modern Plays series is world famous for containing the work of many of the finest contemporary playwrights. Established in 1959 with the publication of Shelagh Delaney's A Taste of Honey, it remains a series synonymous with the very best in new writing for the stage. Today it features over 1000 plays and continues to grow alongside the staging of new work.
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Product details
ISBN
9780713685947
Published
2007-01-23
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight
148 gr
Height
198 mm
Width
126 mm
Thickness
8 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
128
Edited by
Author
Translated by
Volume editor