The Caucasian Chalk Circle

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Event The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Venue Australian National University, Arts Centre Drama Lab, Acton, ACT
Umbrella Event Moonlight Series
First Date 30 April 2004
Opening Date 30 April 2004
Last Date 8 May 2004
Dates Estimated No
Status Pro-Am
World Premiere No
Description A kitchen maid, Grusha, saves the governor's abandoned child and cares for it through a perilous journey. The Governor's wife returns, demanding the child. Both women have to face a custody case for the child in a Solomonic test of the chalk circle. So whose child is it? The one who gave birth, or the one who cared for it?
Description Source Other
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Subjects Humanity
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Steph Brewster Actor
Trevar Alan Chilver Actor
Justin Davidson Actor
Julian Fleetwood Actor
Alice Gibson Actor
Angie Gleeson Actor
David Haidon Actor
Emma Lawrence Actor
Arran McKenna Actor
Ruth Pickard Actor
Jenna Roberts Actor
Stuart Roberts Actor
Geoff Rose Actor
Jay Sullivan Actor
Rowan Thomson Actor
Damian Wensing Actor
David Clapham Director
Ben Van Rijswijk Lighting Designer
David Clapham Musician
Bertolt Brecht Playwright
Jay Sullivan Producer
Rachel Teding van Berkhout Stage Manager
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Germany
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme Canberra Area Theatre Awards Collection
Brochure ACT Heritage Library
Event Identifier 61408
Dataset AusStage