Mother Courage And Her Children
by Bertolt Brecht

Mother Courage And Her Children Book Cover
Mother Courage And Her Children Cover

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 Published
1980
ISBN 10
0413412903
ISBN 13
9780413412904
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Revised
Print Length
176 pages
Place Published
London
Language
English
LCCN
87146348
LCC
PT2603.R397 A29 vol. 5, pt. 2
DCC
832/.912 s
eISBN 13
9781408160961
Print
Mother Courage And Her Children is a German teenage play written by and published by Methuen in London, 1980. The print edition has an ISBN-13 of 9780413412904 and an ISBN-10 of 0413412903.
Digital
ePlay digital editions are available on Amazon Kindle Apple Books Google Play with an ISBN-13 of 9781408160961.

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