Mother Courage and Her Children.
- London : Bloomsbury Publishing UK, 2015.
- 1 (151 pages)
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Cover -- Contents -- Bertolt Brecht 1898-1956 -- Map: Mother Courage's journey -- Plot -- Commentary -- Meaning -- History -- Mother Courage -- The children -- Supporting characters -- Epic theatre -- Language -- Staging -- Further reading -- MOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHILDREN -- Notes -- Photos of Brecht's own production -- Questions for further study
This Student Edition of Brecht's anti-war masterpiece features an extensive introduction and commentary that includes a plot summary, discussion of the context, themes, characters, style and language as well as questions for further study and notes on words and phrases in the text. It is the perfect edition for students of theatre and literature. In this chronicle of the Thirty Years War of the seventeenth century, Mother Courage follows the armies back and forth across Europe, selling provisions and liquor from her canteen wagon. As the action of the play progresses between the years 1624 and.