Mother Courage and her children Bertolt Brecht ; translated from the German by John Willett ; edited by John Willett and Ralph Manheim

By:

Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956

Contributor(s):

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: German Publication details: New York Arcade Pub. Distributed by Little, Brown and Co. 1994Edition: 1st Arcade pbk. edDescription: xxii, 154 p. 21 cmISBN:

1559702346 :

Uniform titles:

Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder English

Subject(s):

Thirty Years' War 1618-1648

DDC classification:

832/.912 20

LOC classification:

PT2603.R397 M793 1994

Summary: 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, this edition published in Methuen Drama's Modern Classics series offer a full introduction. A powerful example of Brecht's epic theatre, the play is also accompanied by Brecht's own notes and textual variants.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	GESM Library Main Library	English Fiction Adolescent-Adult	EFA/ TH/ BRE M918	Available		E0000986

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, this edition published in Methuen Drama's Modern Classics series offer a full introduction. A powerful example of Brecht's epic theatre, the play is also accompanied by Brecht's own notes and textual variants.

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