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Mother Courage And Her Children
Bertolt Brecht
Mother Courage And Her Children
by Bertolt Brecht
Synopsis
In this chronicle of the European Thirty Years War and taking place between the years 1624 and 1636, Mother Courage follows the armies back and forth across Europe, selling provisions and liquor from her canteen wagon to whomever she can.
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, the play is a powerful example of Epic Theatre and Brecht's use of alienation
effect to focus attention not on individual characters but on the
issues of the play.
This edition published in Methuen Drama's Modern Classics series offers a full introduction as well as Brecht's own notes and textual variants, setting it apart from all other editions available in the English language.
The play is presented in John Willett's trusted translation.
'One of the greatest poets and dramatists of our century' (Observer).
Publication
Publisher Methuen
Year 1980
Binding Paperback
Edition Revised
Pages 176
Place London
Language English
ISBN-13 9780413412904
ISBN-10 0413412903
eISBN-13 9781408160961
LCCN 87146348
LCC PT2603.R397 A29 vol. 5, pt. 2
DCC 832/.912 s
Mother Courage And Her Children is a German play written by Bertolt Brecht and published by Methuen in London (1980).
Digital editions available on Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, Google Play (eISBN 9781408160961).
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