Brecht, Bertolt
Mother Courage
- ISBN 13:
- 9780413702906
- author:
- Brecht, Bertolt
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Methuen Drama
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 1995
- Pages:
- 93
- Genre:
- Drama texts: from c 1900 -
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Bertolt Brecht's powerful anti-war play is presented in this paperback edition.
Set against the backdrop of the Thirty Years War, Mother Courage follows a woman who sells provisions and liquor from her canteen wagon as she travels with the armies across Europe. Despite losing one child after another to the war, she refuses to give up her livelihood - the wagon.
This version of the play was premiered by the National Theatre, London, in 1995 and offers a freer approach to the text than many other editions, adapting the original rather than offering a close translation. A powerful example of Brecht's Epic Theatre and pioneering theatrical style, this play remains a thought-provoking work that explores the human cost of war.
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