EL CIRCULO DE
TIZA CAUCASIANO
De Bertolt
Brecht
TECHNICAL DATA
AUTHOR:
Bertolt Brecht
TITLE: El circulo de Tiza Caucasiano
THEATRE COMPANY: Students of
PRODUCTION:
Off
Pedro Jiménez
Ismael García
Rafael Cruz
DATE AND PLACE OF THE REPRESENTATION: 3 of December,
CAST
Technical
Theatre
investigation: Rafael Cruz
Direction
assistant: Virginia Soprano
Literary
adviser: Virginia Soprano
Stage and
Wardrobe design: Luis Crespo
Image:
Oscar García
Photography:
Jordi Plá, Netele Fuentes
Performers
Guergui
Abashrili (Governant): Eduard Vázquez
Natela
Abashrili (his wife): Maria Mayeukszbeki
Prince: Miguel Avalos
Shalva: Rosana Martínez
El Cantor: Isabel Mocholí,
María Mocholí
Grushe Vajnadze, fregona:
Empar Alardren
Cook: Andrea Climent
Nunny: Rocío Ladrón de
Guevara
Simon Jajava, soldier:
Jairo Mas
Servant: Irene Moya
Ladys: Rosana Martinez,
Irene Moya
Inkeepeer: Miguel Avalos
Servant: Rocio Ladrón de
Guevara, Julio Santandreu
Soldier
“Tarugo”: Arlette Biot
Laurenti
Vajnadze, brother of Grushe: Julio Santandreu
Aniko, his
wife: Andrea Climent
Priest:
Miguel Avalos
Countrywoman:
Maria Mateu
Yusup, her son: Fernando
Hernámdez
Azdak: Eduard Vázquez
The Doctor: Rocío Ladrón
de Guevara
Invalid:
Irene Moya
Lame:
Andrea Climent
Ilo Shuboladze, lawyer:
Rocío Ladrón de Guevara
Sandrooboladze, lawyer:
Irene Moya
PLOT
This play
tells one Chinese legend. Really, it tells two stories: the story of the boy,
and the story of the judge. The story of the boy narrates the story of one
baby, who is the son of the Governor of a country. He is very rich, and he has
a lot of friends, servants, lands… But one day, there is a revolt, and the
Governor dies. His wife must run away, and she leaves her son in the palace
when she flees. One servant, called Grushe, finds the baby, and she runs away
with him. She looks after the baby. She goes to her brother’s house, and in
there, her brother looks for a husband for Grushe. He made it for help her
sister, and Grushe accepted for the baby. Grushe loves Simon, a soldier. At the
end, he returns to the war looking for Grushe. And is in this part where the
story of the judge starts. First of all, Simon forgives Grushe and he wants to
be Michell’s father (the baby). But the real mother wants to recover her son,
because he is the unique value thing that she has. They go to see the judge,
who favours the poor people. At the end, he says that the two mothers are going
to stretch the baby and the winner will be the real mother. But Grushe could
not do it. And the judge says that she will be the mother.
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
In this
play there are a lot of characters, but I am going to talk about some of them.
- Natela
Abashrili, the Governor’s wife: She is very superficial, conceited and greedy.
She loves to be rich, but she doesn’t love her baby, and when she runs away,
she leaves the baby. She only loves the baby at the end, because the baby is
male and he is the descendant of the Governor, her husband.
- Grushe
Vajnadze: she works in the Governor’s palace. She is a servant. She loves a
soldier, Simon. She saves the baby from the death, from the soldiers and at the
end from his cruel mother. She gives her life for save the baby.
- Simon,
who is a soldier: he loves Grushe, and at the end, he accepts that Grushe is
married but it isn’t a real marriage, and he accepts to be Michell’s father.
- The
soldier “Tarugo”: he is very funny. He is a soldier who seems to be a child,
and he doesn’t has own mind. He loves kill the people, and he hasn’t feelings.
But he is funny because he talks in an odd form, very funny.
- Azdak,
the judge: He is a person who arrives to be judge fortunately. He heard the
cases and then he favoured the poor people, although they were culprits. At the
end, he gives the baby to Grushe, using an old form: they should stretch the
baby and the winner would be the mother (based on Salomon story).
- The
narrators: they are two girls that help to tell the story and explain something
that has occurred in a few times. They have a special manner of walk.
SPACE
In this
play, the stage is different: it is a central square surrounded with the rows
on each side. When the characters go out to the scene, they are in he corners
of the room. And in this situation, there are only few people, because there
aren’t place for anymore. But this type of stage makes that the play involves
you more, because the action happens in front of you, but also behind of you,
and besides you.
ILLUMINATION
The stage
has a poor illumination, in the sense that in the play there are only around 5
to 10 focus.
WARDROVE
The clothes
used in the play represent the time, the époque. The majority of female
characters appear at the beginning of the play wearing one brown overall. Then
they wear these trousers under the skirt that they wear in the play. Other
example can be the clothes of the judge who wears the typical tunic that judges
wear.
ATREZZO
In this play
we can emphasize a lot of things that are used in it. For example in each
corner of the stage there are a bicycle that has something things behind,
representing a cart. Moreover in the play we can see chairs, blankets, trunks
with clothes, two maps at the beginning, bread, a wheelchair… and a lot of
different things.
AUDITORIUM
In this
play there are not many people, because the room is small and only there are
rows for these people. But when I went to see the play, all the seats were
taken. The people applaud a lot when the play ended, and they enjoyed a lot
with the play, because all of us laugh in some moments, and were in strain
where the play was being performed.
PERSONAL OPINION
In my
opinion, this play is very good. I think that the story is interesting and
funny, and the actors are very good. They perform very well the characters, and
they made us enjoy and suffer in the play. They aren’t professional actors,
because they are studding it, but they are very good. Their representation was well
done, and the characters were credible. Moreover, other part that I want to
emphasize is the special effects that appear in the play. For example, they use
a bicycle for doing a special sound, or for represent the baby they use one boy
doll without head, and when they represent the scene where Michell plays with
other children, they use this type of boy doll as marionettes. It seems to me
very interesting, different and original. From my point of view, it is a very
good play and I enjoyed a lot with it. I recommend it.