"Caucasian chalk circle" play poster (METU Players, 2010)

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2010

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"The Caucasian Chalk Circle" is a play written by the famous German playwright Bertolt Brecht. It is a theater work completed in 1944. The play takes place in Georgia and includes two different stories. The first story takes place in the Soviet Union and is based on a custody case between a couple. This story, custody The judge in his case ignored the child's emotional ties to his biological mother. results. The couple draws a line on the Caucasian Chalk Circle and the child decides which mother he stays with. goes over it to make a decision. The second story is the story of Grusha, the daughter of a poor farmer in Georgia. Grusha, war She takes in an abandoned child and acts as a mother to him. However, her biological mother comes back and wants to get her child back. Grusha's struggle to protect the child, justice, conscience and It leads to a series of events in which human values ​​are questioned. "The Caucasian Chalk Circle", the devastating effects of war, social justice and human inner conflicts It deals with universal themes such as. This work, written by Bertolt Brecht using epic theater style, encourage viewers to think and think deeply about social issues It does..

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METU theater plays, Art on campus, Caucasian chalk circle

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/108715
https://bellek.metu.edu.tr/handle/11511/108715

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METU Bellek, Multimedia