The Caucasian Chalk Circle

As a city burns with war a wealthy woman abandons her baby to flee to safety. As the war gathers momentum a young servant girl discovers the abandoned child and braving unknown dangers takes it with her. But when peace is finally restored the boy's mother returns to claim her child. A judge sets about resolving the dispute by calling on the ancient tradition of the Chalk Circle. But in a culture of corruption and deception, who will win? Brecht's modern classic in a new translation by Alistair Beaton.