German classical writer Bertolt Brecht's play was staged in city on Tuesday, leaving the audience mesmerised.
The play 'Khadiya Ka Ghera' was performrd at Shaheed Bhavan here on Tuesday. The play was performed under a two-day theatre festival. It was performed by students of Madhya Pradesh School of Drama (MPSD).
Khadiya ka Ghera is Hindi translation of The Caucasian Chalk Circle. It is a play by the German modernist playwright Bertolt Brecht. An example of Brecht's epic theatre, the play is a parable about a peasant girl who rescues a baby and becomes a better mother than its wealthy natural parents
The story of the Caucasian chalk circle is set in the Soviet State of Georgia. Georgi Abashwili, the Governor, is killed by his brother the Fat Prince, in a coup. Everyone, including the Governor's wife, Natella, flees the city. Grusha, who is the governor's maid, saves the Governors son, Michael, after his mother leaves him behind. Grusha encounters many obstacles along the way from the Fat Prince's soldiers who want to kill him. When Grusha reaches her brothers house, he persuades her into a marriage with a dying man. Soon he learnt that the war is over, he gets up and Grusha is stuck with him. Grusha's real love, Simon, returns and finds Grusha already married.
Soon after, the soldiers take Michael away from her, Grusha, follows Michael to the city The dispute over who should get Micheal - Grusha or Natella goes before the city judge, Azdak a witty judge, who decides the mother in a unique way by drawing a chalk circle. Let us now find out how Azdak justifies the case, to whom the child belongs and who is the real mother of the child.