ABOVE: The Governor's wife, Natella
Abashwilli (masked figure) berates her
servants as they flee a palace coup d'etat
in The Caucasian Chalk Circle. The actors

are (left to right) Denise Laboissiere,
Eliza Green, Shannon Begg, Lora Dalmonte,
Lisa Primrose, and Judi Price.

Soloman legend forms basis for Brecht play

PLOT SYNOPSIS: Based on an Eastern version
of the Solomon Legend, this play brings to
the stage Brecht's own ironic vision of
jusitce and ownership. Who is the most
fit—the natural mother who has deserted
her child or the servant girl, Grusha, who
has sacrificed her own safety and freedom
to care for the child since she found him
abandoned? Set against a background of war
and revolution in the Caucasus in 900B.C.,
the play traces Grusha's flight into the
northern mountains pursued by the
Ironshirts who seek the heir to the
Abashwilli Estates, her quest for refuge,
and the loss of a lover. Eventually,
circumstances overtake her and she finds

herself at the mercy of one of the truly

great characters of dramatic literature—
Azdack, the eccentric and lusty "judge-

by-accident"—who must solve her case.

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