PROLOGUE

Scene 1: THE STRUGGLE FOR THE VALLEY

[1] The Claims for the Valley - [2] The Scientific Plan - [3] Staging the Play - [4] The Expert’s View

PART ONE

Scene 2: THE NOBLE CHILD

[5] The Opening - [6] Beggars & Petitioners - [7] The Child & the News - [8] Simon & Grusha - [9] The Plot - [10] Captured - [11] The Engagement - [12] Packing for the Flight - [13] The Head of the Governor - [14] Grusha Rescues the Child

Scene 3: THE FLIGHT INTO THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS 25

[15] On the Way 25 - [16] The Peasant’s Cottage

[17] The Caravansary - [18] Making the Beds - [19] Grusha Is Thrown Out

[20] The Ironshirts

[21] The Farm - [22] Grusha Meets the Ironshirts - [23] In the Farmhouse - [24] Grusha Adopts the Child

[25] The Rotten Bridge - [26] Grusha Crosses the Bridge - [27] The Ironshirts Can’t Get Hold of Grusha - [28] Grusha Walks Into the Snow

Scene 4: IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS

[29] Seven Days Grusha Wandered

[30] Arriving at Lavrenti’s - [31] The Long Winter - [32] Spring is Here - [33] Lavrenti’s Plan

[34] The Bride Arrives - [35] The Marriage Ceremony - [36] Wedding and Funeral - [37] The War Is Over - [38] The Not-So-Dying Man - [39] The Wife and Not the Wife

[40] The Children Play Revolution - [41] Simon Chachava is Back - [42] The Soldiers Take Michael Away

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Scene 5: THE STORY OF THE JUDGE

[43] Azdak and the Fugitive - [44] Azdak Hides the Fugitive from Shauva, the Policeman

[45] Azdak Accuses Himself - [46] Azdak and Shauva Entertain the Ironshirts - [47] The Ironshirts Capture Azdak - [48] The New Age - [49] The Mock Trial - [50] Azdak is Elected to Be Judge

[51] The First Trial: Doctor and Blackmailer

[52] The Second Trial: Ludovica

[53] The Third Trial: The Miracles of St Banditus

[54] The End of the Era of Disorder - [55] Shalva Prepares the Trial

Scene 6: THE CHALK CIRCLE

[56] Grusha Arrives for the Trial - [57] Where is the Judge - [58] Natella Abashvili Arrives at the Courtyard - [59] Azdak’s Dismissal and Reinstatement - [60] Azdak Prepares for his Last Trial - [61] The Plaintiff’s Case - [62] The Defendant’s Case - [63] The Challenge - [64] Grusha Insults the Law - [65] The Case of the Very Old Couple - [66] The Child is Presented to the Court 100

[67] The Trial of the Chalk Circle - [68] The Verdict - [69] The End