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The Caucasian Chalk Circle Notes: Prologue and scene 1

Scene1:
Characters:
Delegates of the Galinsk goat-breeding kolchos:an old peasant,a peasant woman, a young peasant, a very young workman.
Members of the Rosa Luxemburg fruit-growing kolchos: an old peasant, a peasant woman, the agronomist, the girl tractor driver.
The wounded soldier and other peasants from the kolchos,the expert from the capital,singer Arkadi Cheidze, fellow muscians.
Plot:After the WWII, 2 groups of delegates from 2 kolchoses are arguing for ownership of the land which was abandoned by the Galinsk kolchos but operated by the Rosa Luxemburg. The 2 groups are on the 2 sides of the stage. Left one is Rosa Lumburg group, right one is Galinsk group. The 2 groups are teasing each others at first, but when they enter the topic of patriotism, they agree each other.Nevertheless, the Rose Luxemburg has already prepared a particular plan for the further development of the land. As a result, they get singer Arkadi and themselves to perform a play which involves solving current problem.

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