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Mother Courage And Her Children
Bertolt Brecht
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Description for Mother Courage And Her Children
Paperback. In Methuen Drama's Modern Classics series, this edition of Brecht's anti-war masterpiece translated by John Willett features an extensive introduction and Brecht's notes and textual variants. Editor(s): Willett, John; Manheim, Ralph. Translator(s): Willett, John. Series: Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 174.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Methuen
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Series
Modern Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780413412904
SKU
V9780413412904
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About Bertolt Brecht
A major dramatist of the twentieth century, Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) was the founder of one of the most influential theatre companies, the Berliner Ensemble, and the creator of some of the landmark plays of the twentieth century: The Threepenny Opera, The Life of Galileo, Mother Courage and Her Children and The Caucasian Chalk Circle. His plays and dramatic theory are ... Read more
Reviews for Mother Courage And Her Children
"One of the greatest poets and dramatists of our century" The Observer