by BERTOLT BRECHT. translated by ERIC BENTLEY
At the end of the last war. in order to help two Russian villages reach agreement over a disputed valley, a famous folk singer and his company of actors give a public performance of the legendary story of The Circle of Chalk in which two women, each with a justifiable claim to be the mother of a young child, are put to an extraordinary test by a drunken judge. The Prologue:
All sound effects by members of the company Directed by MARTIN JENKINS
(Peter Jeffrey is a National Theatre player) followed by an interlude