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I saw a production of this but I have not read it yet. Brecht's ideas are abstract and they kept me wondering about the fairy-tale like quality. Grusha, a servant working for a snobbish aristocratic woman (Natella), cares for the child (Michael) who Natella left behind. Grusha is selfless and she gives everything she can to him. When the case is brought to court with the judge named Azdak, the chalk circle is drawn to put the child in. Brecht's ideas intrigued me here. Grusha and Natella are asked to pull at him to see who is the real mother. Grusha is the true mother because she could not bear to hurt the child she raised and cared for. This play is not about emotions. It is supposed to be unsentimental. I liked it for its historical context and its ideas, because it was meaningful. The play was originally written in German and it premiered in the United States in 1948.