The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Heinemann Plays For 14-16+) - Hardcover

Brecht, Bertlot

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0435233173 ISBN 13: 9780435233174

Publisher: Heinemann, 1996

Synopsis

This series of plays has been developed to support classroom teaching and to meet the requirements of the National Curriculum. Brecht's play featuring a parable play staged by peasants in the Soviet Caucasus has 48 male and 19 female parts. Classroom activities are included.

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Review:

'The Caucasian Chalk Circle, written in 1944 while he was in exile from Germany, gives some epic illumination to socialist ideas about ownership and injustice. But more than that it's a story about love winning out over endemic corruption' --Dominic Maxwell, The Times

'an adept new translation by Alistair Beaton' --Dominic Maxwell, The Times

Synopsis:

This series of plays for the 11-16 age range offers contemporary drama and new editions of classic plays. The series has been developed to support classroom teaching and to meet the requirements of the National Curriculum Key Stages 3 and 4. The plays are suitable for classroom reading and performance; many have large casts and an equal mix of parts for boys and girls. Each play includes strategies and activities to introduce and use the plays in the classroom. In "The Caucasian Chalk Circle", Russian peasants try to settle a land dispute by staging a parable play which explores the concepts of justice, social oppression and revolution, through the medium of an ancient fairy tale. There are 67 parts, 48 of which are male and 19 female.

About this edition

• Publisher: Heinemann
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0435233173
• ISBN 13: 9780435233174
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 112