Brecht, Bertolt, Tom Kuhn, and Frank McGuinness. "The Caucasian Chalk Circle.

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Copyright © Der kaukasische Kreidekreis 1955. Große kommentierte Berliner und

Frankfurter Ausgabe 30 Bände, Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main. Translation
copyright © 2007 by Brecht Heirs. Frank McGuinness has asserted his right to be
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The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Written by Bertolt Brecht
Translated by Frank McGuinness
DOI: 10.5040/9781408167205.00000002
Page Range: 4-6

Characters
Prologue
Peasant Woman
Old Man
Girl Tractor Driver
Expert
Wounded Soldier
Tractor Woman
Old Peasant
Old Man
Soldier Kato
Peasant Woman
Young Worker
Singer (Arkadi Tsheidze)
Villagers
1 The Mighty Child
Musicians
Beggars/Petitioners
Soldier
Fat Prince
Governor
Wife (Natella)
First Doctor
Second Doctor
Adjutant
Simon
Grusha
Baby Michael
Architects
Armoured Riders
Servants
Young Woman
Nanny
Second Woman
Cook
Groom
Fat Woman
Third Woman
Soldiers/Crowd
2 The Flight into the Northern Mountains
Old Man
Innkeeper
Older Lady
Younger Lady
House Servant
Corporal
Soldiers
Peasant Woman
Peasant
First Man
Merchant Woman
Second Man
3 In the Northern Mountains
Lavrenti
Aniko
Stableman
Mother
Monk
Jessup
First Woman
Second Woman
Man
Peasant
Musicians
Guests
Soldiers
4 The Story Of the Judge
Azdak
Refugee
Shauva
Mob
First Soldier
Second Soldier
Nephew
Third Soldier
Landlord
Landlord
Ludovica
Stable Lad
Old Peasant Woman
First Farmer
Second Farmer
Third Farmer
Villagers
Irakli the Bandit
First Lawyer
Second Lawyer
5 The Chalk Circle
Ironmen
Soldier
Other Soldier
Rider
Old Woman
Old Man

Copyright © Der kaukasische Kreidekreis 1955. Große kommentierte Berliner und Frankfurter Ausgabe 30 Bände,
Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main. Translation copyright © 2007 by Brecht Heirs. Frank McGuinness has
asserted his right to be identified as the translator of this work.
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