Mother Courage and Her Children Paperback / softback
by Bertolt Brecht
Edited by David Hare, David Hare
Part of the Modern Plays series
Paperback / softback
Description
This version of Brecht's great anti-war play by playwright David Hare was premiered by the National Theatre, London, in November 1995.
It adopts a freer approach to the text than many editions, adapting the original rather than offering a close translation.
In this chronicle of the Thirty Years War, Mother Courage follows the armies back and forth across Europe, selling provisions and liquor from her canteen wagon.
One by one she loses her children to the war but will not part with her livelihood - the wagon.
The Berlin production of 1949, with Helene Weigel as Mother Courage, marked the foundation of the Berliner Ensemble.
Considered by many to be one of the greatest anti-war plays ever written and Brecht's masterpiece, it remains a powerful example of Brecht's Epic Theatre and pioneering theatrical style.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:112 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:13/11/1995
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- ISBN:9780413702906
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Information
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In Stock - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:112 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:13/11/1995
- Category:
- ISBN:9780413702906
