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Page 1: BRECHT - University of Hawaiʻi · 2018. 8. 2. · ON BERTOLT BRECHT AND,· \ . :ll THE CAUCASIAN CHALK-CIRCLE ' ' Bertoit Brecht ( 1898-1956)· has been Called the ·. greatest playwright

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Page 2: BRECHT - University of Hawaiʻi · 2018. 8. 2. · ON BERTOLT BRECHT AND,· \ . :ll THE CAUCASIAN CHALK-CIRCLE ' ' Bertoit Brecht ( 1898-1956)· has been Called the ·. greatest playwright

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NOTES ON BERTOLT BRECHT AND ,· . . \ .

:ll THE CAUCASIAN CHALK -CIRCLE ' '

Bertoit Brecht ( 1898-1956)· has been Called the ·. greatest playwright .· . .. Germany ever produced. An avowed .Marxist, he devoted many writings

.; towards .· creating a theatrical style which would best expre$s his · pOlitical

and social Views. He sought a theatre wpich would educate and enlighten

his audi~oe8; where the audience would watch the performance coolly and

,· objectively. He used many deVices to "alienate"' or ~estrange" his audien~, and the s~ilec{ "ali~nation~effect~ h~ ~e in"ev~bly ii~ked .~th ·~·· ·. · name.

CaUCll$lan: ' c~llc Circle is among th~ least grhn and biting of his p~}'$­lt seems th~f Brecht was content to momentarily repress 9is more severe tendencies an~ create a.· warm, ~st;y, and . infinitely hUII'Uln drama, based . oil a fable ~hich has its antOOedants in Chinese as well as Biblical folklore .

. ' . . .. "I . . . . • . . ·. . ... ' . . . . I . '

- lbe~ ~b:l:l is .tJSed- ·here. pllimarily . to give entertainment and the mOral · • .. ,, I , . . _f - • - - - •• •

. un~lying ·'th~)pla}ls para.bl~-is not as serious as Brecht may have wished : ~ - . - - . - · :.;:~ ' J . ; - .

uS to think~ . . .t '

. . I .. . . . . . ' . . . . The play, in true Brechtian fashion, uses several songs to illustrate certain

points a5 ~ell as to give enjoyment aJ1d ·l~nd atmosphere to the play's the~

atricality .(Styled Epic Thea~). It uses a DIUTator and chorus to further .- . . - .. ,· .

enh~~ the, .play's .lyrical charms( however, ·their pre5ence reminds us of . . . I -. , - .., -._

:Sl"eclit'$ ~~ and didactic puipoSe, lo teach-· a les~n vht the m~s of a

para.ble~ .·A:~ · in. all, Brecht reached a ~akin Caucasian Chalk Cifck which

makes it ~~tand~quite alone ~ng ·his oth~ ec.lually $eat, but more bitter, . _,·,: ·. '

theatrical~-~~entations.

The prOduction· uses a music:al score (:omposed by Mark · Bucci, ~·a .. ~core ' - ' .. :

which . Was ~ed ~h. one 6f the 'original pr~uctions of the play by itS