fluellen

presents a new production of 

THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE

by

BERTOLT BRECHT

translated by FRANK McGUINNESS

directed by PETER RICHARDS

sponsored by

DIAMOND ACCOUNTING GROUP

At the height of a civil war a little boy is left abandoned. A maid risks everything to save him and brings him up as her own child.

When the war is over, the boy`s mother returns to claim him. The dispute must be settled. A judge must make a momentous decision. But in a corrupt world, can a judge be trusted?

BERTOLT BRECHT`s great parable for the theatre is one of the true masterpieces of twentieth century drama.

The cast includes Rachel Dean, Steve Grey, Robert Hopkins, Daniel Jones, Charlotte Rogers James Scannell and Lisa Zahra.

In 1934 Bertolt Brecht fled from Nazi Germany and eventually settled on exile in the USA along with many other German intellectuals and artists such as Thomas Mann and Fritz Lang.

Brecht wrote The Caucasian Chalk Circle in 1944 in Santa Monica, California. The actress Louise Rainer had been instrumental in getting Brecht a Broadway theatre for the first production.

 The premiere, however, had to wait until 1948 with a student pruduction in Minnesota. The first professional production didn`t take place until 1954 after Brecht`s return to Germany when it was staged by his own company The Berliner Ensemble with Brecht`s wife, Helen Weigel, playing the Governor`s Wife.

The critic Victor Lange has written of the play "In no other play of Brecht`s are his unfailing sense of the theatre, his poetic power, and his ethical convictions blended with equal skill."

GRAND THEATRE ARTS WING

Singleton Street, Swansea SA1 3QJ

TUESDAY 2nd - THURSDAY 4th February 7.15pm

WEDNESDAY MATINEE 2.00pm

£8.50 (£6.50 concessions)

BOX OFFICE 01792 475715

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DE VALENCE

Upper Frog Street, Tenby SA70 7JD

THURSDAY 11th February 7.30pm

£8.50 (£6.50 concessions)

BOX OFFICE 01834 843568

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