# The Caucasian Chalk Circle

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- Authors: [Bertold Brecht](https://www.bookquiver.com/bertolt-brecht)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2007-07-05

## Description

The play is a parable inspired by the Chinese play Chalk Circle . Written at the close of World War II, the story is set in the Caucasus mountains of Georgia, and retells the tale of King Solomon and a child claimed by two mothers. A chalk circle is metaphorically drawn around a society misdirected in its priorities. Brecht's statements about class are cloaked in the innocence of a fable that whispers insistently to the audience.

## Editions

### The Caucasian Chalk Circle

- Publisher: Penguin Classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4118-916-1
- Pages: 144
- Published: 2007-07-05
- Language: en_GB