Mother Courage and Her Children (9780413702906)

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.

Product details

• Format Paperback | 112 pages
• Dimensions 120 x 186 x 7mm | 88g
• Publication date 01 Dec 2010
• Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Imprint METHUEN DRAMA
• Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
• Language English
• Edition New edition
• Edition Statement New edition
• Illustrations note black & white illustrations
• ISBN10 0413702901
• ISBN13 9780413702906
• Bestsellers rank 116,822

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