Mother Courage and Her Children - Couverture souple

Brecht, Bertolt

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0413702901 ISBN 13 : 9780413702906

Editeur : Methuen Drama, 1995

Synopsis

Book by Bertolt Brecht

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This version of Brecht's great anti-war play by playwright David Hare was premiered by the National Theatre, London, in November 1995. It adopts a freer approach to the text than many editions, adapting the original rather than offering a close translation. 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, it remains a powerful example of Brecht's Epic Theatre and pioneering theatrical style.

Biographie de l'auteur

Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) is acknowledged as one of the great dramatists whose plays, work with the Berliner Ensemble and critical writings have had a considerable influence on the theatre. His landmark plays include The Threepenny Opera, Fear and Misery of the Third Reich, The Life of Galileo, Mother Courage and Her Children and The Caucasian Chalk Circle.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Methuen Drama
• Date d'édition: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0413702901
• ISBN 13: 9780413702906
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 112