The Caucasian Chalk Circle - Bertolt Brecht J. Bernlef Hij besloot om de politiek

Hij besloot om de politiek in te gaan

Despising himself for the hate that he feels

zijn gezin en andere grootmachten

Ondanks de kou en vermoeidheid die dagelijks getrotseerd moesten worden

Obsessed by his dreams

The Caucasian Chalk Circle - Bertolt Brecht J. Bernlef Hij besloot om de politiekThe play is a parable inspired by the Chinese play Chalk Circle. Written at the close of World War II, the story is set in the Caucasus mountains of Georgia, and retells the tale of King Solomon and a child claimed by two mothers. A chalk circle is metaphorically drawn around a society misdirected in its priorities. Brecht's statements about class are cloaked in the innocence of a fable that whispers insistently to the audience.