The Caucasian Chalk Circle notes 1
Characters chart
Peasant on the right: Goat herd side which he claims that they owned the farm because they used to live there in the prologue.
Peasant on the left: Fruit farm side which he claims the land was belonged to them; he wanted to irrigate the plants in the prologue
Delegate: A man sent by the state to mediate the dispute between the peasants over who owns the valley. He gives the valley to the fruit farmers in the end.
The Girl Tractor: The fruit farm side which have a debate with the Got herders
The singer: The narrator who tells the whole story
Georgi Abashvili: The Governor
Natella Abashwili: Wife of the Governor- a woman who is arrogant,
Michael: Child of the governor, his real mom doesn’t care about him.
Shalva: the adjutant of the governor
Arsen Kazbeki, the Fat Prince: The brother of the Governor, he stages a coup to kill his brother Georgi Abashiwili
Simon Shashava: A soldier who remains loyal to the Grand Duke; he and Grusha fall in love with each other.
Grusha Vashadze: A kitchen maid in the palace. She falls in love with Simon.
Lavrenti Vashnadze: Grusha's brother.
Aniko: Grusha's sister-in-law, described as a religious woman.
Jussup: A "dying" man that Grusha marries.
Monk: A drunk monk
Azdak: Originally a village recorder, then becomes a lawyer.
Shauwa: A policeman, then becomes the assisstance of Azdak.
Grand Duke: A man who ruled the entire province and under whom many men, including the Governor, served.
Prologue:
There are two groups of peasants sit in the ruins of a Caucasian village along with a delegate from the State Reconstruction Commission.This was happened after WWII. The peasant group on the right owned the valley and herded goats there, when they were in the farm before, and now the war is done, so they want to have the village back.The group on the left was the neighbourhood of the village; they also want the village because they want to irrigate plants. The delegate agrees to listen to both groups' arguments as to why they should take over the valley.
The peasants on the right says they spends three days to get here, and the discussion was only half a day, so it’s not fair for them, and then they unpack some cheese and argue that the taste is different since they had to leave their original valley. The cheese is not that good as before. They also claim the land as a matter of law, saying they have used to live there, so it belonged to them.
On the other side, the left side have Kato, an agriculturist, to explain their plans to the right side, so there is more fruit in the village and more infertile lands are converted into fertile lands. Everyone looks at the plans and thinks it’s a good idea. Afterward, the delegate asks the peasants on the right if they will give up the valley, and they agree. In order to celebrate the peaceful resolution to the problem, the peasants on the left has a singer named Arkadi. He agrees to sing a song called the Chalk Circle which comes from the Chinese, and the story begins.
Act 1:It begins in a city ruled by the Governor Georgi Abashwili, he has a beautiful wife Natella and a healthy baby Michael. The Governor and his family are going to church, but there are so many people have arrived to see Michael, and the soldiers are forced to shove the common people away from the church doors. Before entering the church, Brother Prince Kazbeki comes, and greets the governor, but in his mind, he is having a plan to kill him.
Michael is being carefully hold by the two doctors, and Natella sees his son is coughing, and she is fussy about it. Everyone enters the church except for the Governor and a messenger who has just arrived by the Church. The messenger has some important news for the Governor, but the Governor didn’t want to hear it, telling the messenger to wait until later.
Grusha is the main character, and she is the kitchen maid in the governor’s house. She has a goose in her hand. She is ready to go to the Church. Simon is a soldier which guild over the Church, and they are flirting with one another. The soldier always hides in the bush, and watches Grusha to wash the linen, so he watches her legs in the water. After knowing that, Grusha is embarrsed and runs away.
The Fat Prince appears, saying you know what to do to some soldiers. They disappear and within minutes the entire city is surrounded. The Governor wants to return to his home, so he can speak with some architects who are to build a new section onto his palace. However, when the architects arrive; they suddenly realize that the Fat Prince has committed a coup, so they run away before they are captured.The Governor is led onstage in chains, and be captured by soldiers and beheaded. The servants soon rush out of the house as well and start to run away. Even the two doctors who take care of Michael run away from the palace.
Simon is worried about Grusha, so he starts to find her. When he sees her, he informs her that he will remain loyal to the political power and he needs to protect the Governor's wife as she flees the city. Grusha tells him he is being silly to obey the orders instead of mutinying with the other soldiers because she afraid that he will be killed. Simon then turns to Grusha and asks her some questions that indicate he wants to marry her. She replies to all of them and then expects his last question, telling him that her answer is yes, but he ignores her answer and quickly tells her about himself before asking her for her hand. She again accepts marrying with him, but should bring some message to her. Simon then gives Grusha a silver cross to wear as a sign of their engagement. He leaves to go protect the Governor's wife and Grusha leaves as well. Natella arrives with numerous boxes of her things and her child Michael. She makes another woman hold Michael in the bag while she runs around and packs her clothes into the trunk. But then she realizes that she needs help, so she makes the woman to put Michael on the ground in order to help her pack. The Adjutant arrives and forces Natella to leave immediately. Nevertheless, she says she has so many dress to bring, so she orders the servants to take the trunk. Unfortunately, she leaves her child Michael behind. One of her servant woman sees Michael and hands him to Grusha. Grusha sees the child, and doesn’t want him to be alone, but people try to convince her to leave the child.
Grusha watches as everyone runs away. She then hides the child under a blanket and waits to see what happens. The Fat Prince appears with his soldiers, and he carries the Governor's head on a spear. They nail the head over a doorway. The Fat Prince says that it is too bad he was unable to kill Michael, and also he takes out the head of Georgi Abashiwili. After the soldiers leave, Grusha goes to sit down next to the child. She sits with the child all through the night until dawn. By that point she takes Michael with her.
Peasant on the right: Goat herd side which he claims that they owned the farm because they used to live there in the prologue.
Peasant on the left: Fruit farm side which he claims the land was belonged to them; he wanted to irrigate the plants in the prologue
Delegate: A man sent by the state to mediate the dispute between the peasants over who owns the valley. He gives the valley to the fruit farmers in the end.
The Girl Tractor: The fruit farm side which have a debate with the Got herders
The singer: The narrator who tells the whole story
Georgi Abashvili: The Governor
Natella Abashwili: Wife of the Governor- a woman who is arrogant,
Michael: Child of the governor, his real mom doesn’t care about him.
Shalva: the adjutant of the governor
Arsen Kazbeki, the Fat Prince: The brother of the Governor, he stages a coup to kill his brother Georgi Abashiwili
Simon Shashava: A soldier who remains loyal to the Grand Duke; he and Grusha fall in love with each other.
Grusha Vashadze: A kitchen maid in the palace. She falls in love with Simon.
Lavrenti Vashnadze: Grusha's brother.
Aniko: Grusha's sister-in-law, described as a religious woman.
Jussup: A "dying" man that Grusha marries.
Monk: A drunk monk
Azdak: Originally a village recorder, then becomes a lawyer.
Shauwa: A policeman, then becomes the assisstance of Azdak.
Grand Duke: A man who ruled the entire province and under whom many men, including the Governor, served.
Prologue:
There are two groups of peasants sit in the ruins of a Caucasian village along with a delegate from the State Reconstruction Commission.This was happened after WWII. The peasant group on the right owned the valley and herded goats there, when they were in the farm before, and now the war is done, so they want to have the village back.The group on the left was the neighbourhood of the village; they also want the village because they want to irrigate plants. The delegate agrees to listen to both groups' arguments as to why they should take over the valley.
The peasants on the right says they spends three days to get here, and the discussion was only half a day, so it’s not fair for them, and then they unpack some cheese and argue that the taste is different since they had to leave their original valley. The cheese is not that good as before. They also claim the land as a matter of law, saying they have used to live there, so it belonged to them.
On the other side, the left side have Kato, an agriculturist, to explain their plans to the right side, so there is more fruit in the village and more infertile lands are converted into fertile lands. Everyone looks at the plans and thinks it’s a good idea. Afterward, the delegate asks the peasants on the right if they will give up the valley, and they agree. In order to celebrate the peaceful resolution to the problem, the peasants on the left has a singer named Arkadi. He agrees to sing a song called the Chalk Circle which comes from the Chinese, and the story begins.
Act 1:It begins in a city ruled by the Governor Georgi Abashwili, he has a beautiful wife Natella and a healthy baby Michael. The Governor and his family are going to church, but there are so many people have arrived to see Michael, and the soldiers are forced to shove the common people away from the church doors. Before entering the church, Brother Prince Kazbeki comes, and greets the governor, but in his mind, he is having a plan to kill him.
Michael is being carefully hold by the two doctors, and Natella sees his son is coughing, and she is fussy about it. Everyone enters the church except for the Governor and a messenger who has just arrived by the Church. The messenger has some important news for the Governor, but the Governor didn’t want to hear it, telling the messenger to wait until later.
Grusha is the main character, and she is the kitchen maid in the governor’s house. She has a goose in her hand. She is ready to go to the Church. Simon is a soldier which guild over the Church, and they are flirting with one another. The soldier always hides in the bush, and watches Grusha to wash the linen, so he watches her legs in the water. After knowing that, Grusha is embarrsed and runs away.
The Fat Prince appears, saying you know what to do to some soldiers. They disappear and within minutes the entire city is surrounded. The Governor wants to return to his home, so he can speak with some architects who are to build a new section onto his palace. However, when the architects arrive; they suddenly realize that the Fat Prince has committed a coup, so they run away before they are captured.The Governor is led onstage in chains, and be captured by soldiers and beheaded. The servants soon rush out of the house as well and start to run away. Even the two doctors who take care of Michael run away from the palace.
Simon is worried about Grusha, so he starts to find her. When he sees her, he informs her that he will remain loyal to the political power and he needs to protect the Governor's wife as she flees the city. Grusha tells him he is being silly to obey the orders instead of mutinying with the other soldiers because she afraid that he will be killed. Simon then turns to Grusha and asks her some questions that indicate he wants to marry her. She replies to all of them and then expects his last question, telling him that her answer is yes, but he ignores her answer and quickly tells her about himself before asking her for her hand. She again accepts marrying with him, but should bring some message to her. Simon then gives Grusha a silver cross to wear as a sign of their engagement. He leaves to go protect the Governor's wife and Grusha leaves as well. Natella arrives with numerous boxes of her things and her child Michael. She makes another woman hold Michael in the bag while she runs around and packs her clothes into the trunk. But then she realizes that she needs help, so she makes the woman to put Michael on the ground in order to help her pack. The Adjutant arrives and forces Natella to leave immediately. Nevertheless, she says she has so many dress to bring, so she orders the servants to take the trunk. Unfortunately, she leaves her child Michael behind. One of her servant woman sees Michael and hands him to Grusha. Grusha sees the child, and doesn’t want him to be alone, but people try to convince her to leave the child.
Grusha watches as everyone runs away. She then hides the child under a blanket and waits to see what happens. The Fat Prince appears with his soldiers, and he carries the Governor's head on a spear. They nail the head over a doorway. The Fat Prince says that it is too bad he was unable to kill Michael, and also he takes out the head of Georgi Abashiwili. After the soldiers leave, Grusha goes to sit down next to the child. She sits with the child all through the night until dawn. By that point she takes Michael with her.
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