The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Bertolt Brecht
- First Published: 1949
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Epic
- Time of Work: c. 900 ; Prologue, 1945
- Setting: The Soviet Caucasus
- Genres: Drama, Epic theater
- Subjects: Justice, Mothers, Parents and children, Communism or communists, Politics, Revolutions, 1940’s, Trials, Law or legislation, Ethics, Soviet Union or Soviets
- Locales: Soviet Union, Caucasus
Characters Discussed
Grusha, a young, attractive, unmarried, helpful kitchen maid in the family of the governor of a Caucasian city. The governor, returning from Easter Mass, is killed in a political uprising. His wife, concerned about fleeing with her elegant dresses, forgets her baby, and the kindhearted Grusha cares for him. Fleeing for safety to her brother’s distant home in the mountains, she protects the child. Grusha’s sister-in- law, concerned about an unmarried girl with a baby, has Grusha married to a supposedly dying man who revives immediately after the wedding....
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Bertolt Brecht (Cyclopedia of World Authors)Bertolt Brecht (Drama)Bertolt Brecht (Poetry)Bertolt Brecht (Dictionary of World Biography)Bertolt Brecht (Censorship)Bertolt Brecht (Short Fiction)
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