Brecht wrote a play based on the Solomon story where the the birth mother only wants the child because she can’t inherit without him. The judge has a circle of chalk drawn and says the two women are to simultaneously try to pull the child from it; if they tear him in half, they will each get their part. The adoptive mother lets go, and he deems her the true mother.
Brecht wrote a play based on the Solomon story where the the birth mother only wants the child because she can’t inherit without him. The judge has a circle of chalk drawn and says the two women are to simultaneously try to pull the child from it; if they tear him in half, they will each get their part. The adoptive mother lets go, and he deems her the true mother.