Stage Play Drama, thriller Scenes

The Caucasian Chalk Circle

by Bertolt Brecht

Grusha desperately attempts to hide a noble-born infant from pursuing soldiers by convincing a peasant woman to claim the child as her own. When the Ironshirts arrive, the peasant woman's fear leads her to betray Grusha, forcing Grusha to make a final, dangerous stand to protect the baby from the Corporal.