Mother Courage and Her Children: A Chronicle of the Thirty Years' War (Brecht, Bertolt) - Softcover

Brecht, Bertolt

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802130828 ISBN 13: 9780802130822

Publisher: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press, 1994

Synopsis

Widely considered one of the great dramatic creations of the modern stage, "Mother Courage and Her Children" is Bertolt Brecht's most passionate and profound statement against war. Set in the seventeenth century, the play follows Anna Fierling -- "Mother Courage" -- an itinerant trader, as she pulls her wagon of wares and her children through the blood and carnage of Europe's religious wars. Battered by hardships, brutality, and the degradation and death of her children, she ultimately finds herself alone with the one thing in which she truly believes -- her ramshackle wagon with its tattered flag and freight of boots and brandy. Fitting herself in its harness, the old woman manages, with the last of her strength, to drag it onward to the next battle. In the enduring figure of Mother Courage, Bertolt Brecht has created one of the most extraordinary characters in the literature of drama.

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"One of the greatest poets and dramatists of our century."--"Observer"

One of the greatest poets and dramatists of our century. "Observer""

"One of the greatest poets and dramatists of our century." --Observer

About the Author:

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 central to the study of modern theatre.

About this edition

• Publisher: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0802130828
• ISBN 13: 9780802130822
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 126