One of the notable plays by eminent German modernist playwright Bertolt Brecht will be staged for the first time in Hanoi next week.

In its debut in Vietnam, Brecht’s “The Caucasian Chalk Circle” is directed by famed German director Dominik Gunther, and features talented Vietnamese artists.

“The Caucasian Chalk Circle” is one of the most performed German plays.

A cooperation work between Tuoi Tre (Youth) Theater and the Goethe Institute, the play will be staged at 8:00 pm on September 17, 18 and 19at the theater at 11 Ngo Thi Nham Street, Hai Ba Trung District.

The Vietnamese version will retain most of the original’s content, setting, and discourse, but will feature creative changes regarding costumes, music, and the narrator.

Free tickets are now handed out at the Goethe Institute, 56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc Street, Ba Dinh District, and Tuoi Tre Theater.

Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) was a reputable German master playwright, theater director, and poet.

He was also one of the world’s most influential theater directors in the 20th century.

An example of Brecht's epic theater, “The Caucasian Chalk Circle,” (German: “Der Kaukasische Kreidekreis”) is a parable about a young peasant woman who rescues a baby and becomes a better mother than his rich biological parents.

The play was written in 1944 while Brecht was living in the United States and was later translated into English.

Its first professional production was made in Philadelphia before premiering in Berlin in 1954.

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