Circle of Chalk (Chinese:灰闌記; pinyin:huīlán jì, sometimes translated Chalk Circle, The Circle of Chalk, or A Circle of Chalk), by Li Qianfu (also transliterated as Li Ch'ien-fu, Li Xingdao, Li Hsing-tao, or Li Xingfu), is a Yuan dynasty (1259–1368) Chinese classical zaju verse play and gong'ancrime drama, in four acts with a prologue. It was preserved in a collection entitled Yuan-chu-po-cheng, or The Hundred Pieces. The Chinese language original is known for the beauty of its lyrical verse, and considered a Yuan masterpiece; a series of translations and revisions inspired several popular modern plays.
Plot
A beautiful sixteen-year-old girl, Hai-tang (also transliterated Hai-t'ang, Hi-tang, or Chang-hi-tang), is sold into a house of prostitution by her impoverished family, after her father's death. There she is befriended by Ma Chun-shing, a wealthy and childless tax collector, who takes her into his house as his second wife. She bears him a son, Shoulang, but earns the jealousy of his first wife, Ah-Siu. Ah-Siu accuses Hai-tang of adultery, poisons Ma, blaming Hai-tang for the crime, and claims to a court that Shoulang is her own child, so that she can inherit Ma's fortune. Hai-tang is arrested, and beaten until she confesses. As Hai-tang is about to be hanged, she is rescued by Bao Zheng in a scene similar to the Judgment of Solomon: Shoulang is placed in a circle of chalk between the two women, and each is ordered to pull; as Hai-tang can not bear to hurt her child, she is judged his true mother.
Chalk Circle were an American punk rock band formed in 1981 in Washington, DC. Their raw, rhythmic, minimal sound had more in common with post-punk or art punk than D.C. hardcore, a community they initially helped pioneer. Guitarist/vocalist Sharon Cheslow and drummer Anne Bonafede were joined by guitarist/vocalist Mary Green and alternating bassists Jan Pumphrey, Tamera Lyndsay, and Chris Niblack before the group disbanded in 1983.
History
Anne Bonafede and Sharon Cheslow began playing music in 1980, after developing friendships through the Bad Brains, Henry Rollins, Teen Idles, and Untouchables. After Cheslow saw a Bad Brains rehearsal with Rollins in March 1980, and then survived meningitis that summer, she decided to form a band. In March 1981 Chalk Circle had its first rehearsal as an all-female quartet. The group played their first show in July 1981, opening for Velvet Monkeys and R.E.M. (later Egoslavia), with Sally Ven Yu Berg from the latter group filling in on bass.
Formed in Newcastle, Ontario, Hopkins and Tait were paired with Terry Miller and Stani Veselinovic in 1982 as "The Casualties". The band briefly changed its name to "The Reactors" and then to "New Edition" in 1984, and finally settled on the name Chalk Circle (taken from Bertolt Brecht's play The Caucasian Chalk Circle).
The band recorded a demo single "The World" (b/w "Black Pit") on cassette and played the Toronto area, subsequently winning the CASBY Award for Most Promising Non-Recording Group in 1985. After signing to Duke Street Records in Toronto, their 1986 debut release was a six-song EP called The Great Lake. Produced by Chris Wardman, it was recorded at Manta Sound in Toronto and Quest Recording Studio in Oshawa. The lead single "April Fool" became a Top 10 single in Canada, along with another single "Me, Myself and I". The band produced videos for both tracks which were regularly featured on MuchMusic, and the EP went on to become Duke Street's biggest seller at that time.
An adaptation of Bertotlt Brecht's 'The Caucasian Calk Circle'. This is a typically 'dry' Brecht play set against a background of the aftermath of war. Powerfully acted by members of the Meitoku International Player, including one teacher (Osamu Yamada). Adapted & directed by Gavin Bantock
published: 28 Jan 2019
The Chalk Circle • RRHS 2012
The senior class of RRHS Theatre troupe presents The Chalk Circle.
published: 05 Sep 2012
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
This is our recent Senior School Play. Beautifully designed by Barbara Tong in a 'Steam Punk' style, with terrific lighting by Joe Lott this was our attempt to make Brecht available to a young audience. A standout performance by Libby Wells as Grusha, ably supported by Liam Fernandez as Simon Chachava and a fantastic troupe of actors fresh from their triumph at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2012. Enjoy!
published: 11 Jan 2013
CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE(inshamake) Ninde ukwiye kurera Michael hagati ya Natella nyina na Grusha?
Follow Caucasian Chalk Circle in Kinyarwanda.
Iyi nkuru ni ingenzi cyane.Iravuga uburyo
umuntu agushuka ngo aragukunda kandi
nyamara afite icyo agushakaho.
Burya iyo ufite ikintu ntacyo ucyimaza
niyo cyaba ari icyawe,birutwa n'uko cyahabwa abashobora kukibyaza umusaruro.
published: 20 Mar 2021
The Caucasian Chalk Circle - Excerpt 1
The crucial Trial Scene in Bertholt Brecht’s version of the classic tale stars Ron Moody, Alison Steadman, Alun Armstrong and a “cast of thousands”.
published: 23 Sep 2014
CHALK CIRCLE - April Fool
Another great Canadian 80's video, I love this song and this band, enjoy!!
Hillside Student Community production of the Brecht masterpiece, The Caucasian Chalk Circle (2008). Original music composed and performed by Ethan Sherrard.
published: 14 Jan 2016
CHALK CIRCLE - This Mourning
Another great Canadian 80's video from Chalk Circle. Enjoy!
An adaptation of Bertotlt Brecht's 'The Caucasian Calk Circle'. This is a typically 'dry' Brecht play set against a background of the aftermath of war. Powerful...
An adaptation of Bertotlt Brecht's 'The Caucasian Calk Circle'. This is a typically 'dry' Brecht play set against a background of the aftermath of war. Powerfully acted by members of the Meitoku International Player, including one teacher (Osamu Yamada). Adapted & directed by Gavin Bantock
An adaptation of Bertotlt Brecht's 'The Caucasian Calk Circle'. This is a typically 'dry' Brecht play set against a background of the aftermath of war. Powerfully acted by members of the Meitoku International Player, including one teacher (Osamu Yamada). Adapted & directed by Gavin Bantock
This is our recent Senior School Play. Beautifully designed by Barbara Tong in a 'Steam Punk' style, with terrific lighting by Joe Lott this was our attempt to...
This is our recent Senior School Play. Beautifully designed by Barbara Tong in a 'Steam Punk' style, with terrific lighting by Joe Lott this was our attempt to make Brecht available to a young audience. A standout performance by Libby Wells as Grusha, ably supported by Liam Fernandez as Simon Chachava and a fantastic troupe of actors fresh from their triumph at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2012. Enjoy!
This is our recent Senior School Play. Beautifully designed by Barbara Tong in a 'Steam Punk' style, with terrific lighting by Joe Lott this was our attempt to make Brecht available to a young audience. A standout performance by Libby Wells as Grusha, ably supported by Liam Fernandez as Simon Chachava and a fantastic troupe of actors fresh from their triumph at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2012. Enjoy!
Hillside Student Community production of the Brecht masterpiece, The Caucasian Chalk Circle (2008). Original music composed and performed by Ethan Sherrard.
Hillside Student Community production of the Brecht masterpiece, The Caucasian Chalk Circle (2008). Original music composed and performed by Ethan Sherrard.
Hillside Student Community production of the Brecht masterpiece, The Caucasian Chalk Circle (2008). Original music composed and performed by Ethan Sherrard.
An adaptation of Bertotlt Brecht's 'The Caucasian Calk Circle'. This is a typically 'dry' Brecht play set against a background of the aftermath of war. Powerfully acted by members of the Meitoku International Player, including one teacher (Osamu Yamada). Adapted & directed by Gavin Bantock
This is our recent Senior School Play. Beautifully designed by Barbara Tong in a 'Steam Punk' style, with terrific lighting by Joe Lott this was our attempt to make Brecht available to a young audience. A standout performance by Libby Wells as Grusha, ably supported by Liam Fernandez as Simon Chachava and a fantastic troupe of actors fresh from their triumph at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2012. Enjoy!
Hillside Student Community production of the Brecht masterpiece, The Caucasian Chalk Circle (2008). Original music composed and performed by Ethan Sherrard.
Circle of Chalk (Chinese:灰闌記; pinyin:huīlán jì, sometimes translated Chalk Circle, The Circle of Chalk, or A Circle of Chalk), by Li Qianfu (also transliterated as Li Ch'ien-fu, Li Xingdao, Li Hsing-tao, or Li Xingfu), is a Yuan dynasty (1259–1368) Chinese classical zaju verse play and gong'ancrime drama, in four acts with a prologue. It was preserved in a collection entitled Yuan-chu-po-cheng, or The Hundred Pieces. The Chinese language original is known for the beauty of its lyrical verse, and considered a Yuan masterpiece; a series of translations and revisions inspired several popular modern plays.
Plot
A beautiful sixteen-year-old girl, Hai-tang (also transliterated Hai-t'ang, Hi-tang, or Chang-hi-tang), is sold into a house of prostitution by her impoverished family, after her father's death. There she is befriended by Ma Chun-shing, a wealthy and childless tax collector, who takes her into his house as his second wife. She bears him a son, Shoulang, but earns the jealousy of his first wife, Ah-Siu. Ah-Siu accuses Hai-tang of adultery, poisons Ma, blaming Hai-tang for the crime, and claims to a court that Shoulang is her own child, so that she can inherit Ma's fortune. Hai-tang is arrested, and beaten until she confesses. As Hai-tang is about to be hanged, she is rescued by Bao Zheng in a scene similar to the Judgment of Solomon: Shoulang is placed in a circle of chalk between the two women, and each is ordered to pull; as Hai-tang can not bear to hurt her child, she is judged his true mother.
As the cast stride in straight lines, diagonals, geometric formations, they mirror the chalk and then walk backwards as well as circling around the periphery.
As of late, there have been a lot more bad luck circles than good ones ... While I can’t guarantee that stepping in a chalk-drawn circle will alter your fortune, it may be worth taking a look at how these suggestive omens affect your psyche.
“WhiteChalk,” the title track of her 2007 album, brought things full circle back to Dorset. “White chalk hills are all I’ve known / white chalk hills will rot my bones,” she sang of the cliffs for which Dorset is known ... .
It was a time to stay low ... Nor is it a history ... You are alone, elevated on a mound, in your little chalk circle of honour, labour, and despair.”) Sport is a significant feature in this book, as is the rock music of the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Gary A ... His death follows an eight-month battle with cancer ... and Rachael V ... Cole for his well-known talent of being able to draw a perfect circle on the chalkboard with great speed and without lifting the chalk from the board ... Mr ... MaryRuth; and niece ... .
A friend who partied with a teenager before he was mysteriously found dead on a lonely highway has told police new information that could upend the case ... Presgrove's body was found between the two chalk lines, and teeth within the circles ... 'Also... .
Confronting photos of police chalk outlines showed where his body, marked by the white line, and at least one of his teeth, marked by the circle, were found. Presgrove's body was found between the two chalk lines, and teeth within the circles.
Here's what you'll find at ArtWalk in Ventura... Saturday and noon to 4 p.m ... “It means circle,”said Sauvageau, who has been creating this artwork in Ojai for more than 30 years. The public can participate by using chalk and tempera paint, from 10 a.m.
Here are some of the best things to do this weekend in San Diego from Friday, Sept ... 22. Friday ... 10 ... ChalkCircleCollective presents Nick Payne’s time-shifting romance between a bee keeper named Roland and a theoretical physicist named Marianne ... 29.
Felix Morelo, 52, is a Columbian artist, painter and the man behind these colorful chalk circles ...Eventually, the thousands of chalk faces lining the streets piqued people’s interest ... “That’s why I use chalk.
San Diego Union-Tribune
18 Sep 2024
San Diego Union-Tribune
18 Sep 2024