An insight into the Unicorn's production of Brecht's The Caucasian Chalk Circle
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- An insight into the play featuring interviews with director Amy Leech (who directed the Unciorn Theatre's production of Caucasian Chalk Circle in 2014), Brecht scholar Dr Laura Bradley, former Unicorn Artistic Director Purni Morell, and actress Juliette Stevenson (who played Grusha in the 1997 Complicite production)
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An in-depth interview with Brecht scholar Dr Laura Bradley who answers these questions
(20 mins long)
• Can you tell us about the context in which Brecht was writing?
• What makes Brecht a unique writer?
• Can you talk about Epic Theatre in more detail?
• What does it mean when we talk about Brecht’s removal of the fourth wall?
• Why is Brecht so relevant to audiences today?
• Why might Brecht be relevant to a young audience?
• What is the purpose of the prologue?
• What does The Caucasian Chalk Circle have in common with other Brecht plays?
• Why is Grusha such a powerful character?
• In what way is Grusha an anti-heroine?
• What are the key questions that Brecht was challenging his audience to consider?
• Are there any issues in the world today that really resonate with Brecht’s ideas?
• Why has Brecht’s work been translated so widely?
• Why is Brecht still re...
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Linked resources
Teacher resource pack to accompany the Unicorn Theatre production of Caucasian Chalk Circle in 2014:
Teacher resource
www.unicorntheatre.com/files/...
Webpage of the Unicorn's production (with trailer and production photos)
www.unicorntheatre.com/whatso...
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cool! would be great to see actors whose ethnicity is from the caucasus (not white "caucasians")
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