Brecht – Smoke & Mirrors https://smokeandmirrors.cityofsmoke.com Essays on Theater and the Arts Sun, 31 Oct 2010 19:44:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.32 Taking Liberties https://smokeandmirrors.cityofsmoke.com/archives/2214 Tue, 18 Dec 1990 02:46:49 +0000 http://smokeandmirrors.cityofsmoke.com/archives/2214 Brecht's "Caucasian Chalk Circle at the Public The New Yorker, December 17, 1990 By robbing the play of its élément soviétique, Mr. Wolfe frees it from its programmatic constraints and comes up with a better story. Continue reading]]>