Mother Courage and Her Children is widely regarded as Brecht's best
work, a theatrical landmark and one of the most powerful anti-war
plays in history. This translation by Michael Hofmann was published to
coincide with the UK tour by English Touring Theatre in 2006. 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 1646 she loses her children
to the war but remains indomitable, refusing to part with her
livelihood - the wagon. The play is one of the most celebrated
examples of Epic Theatre and of Brecht's use of alienation effect to
focus attention on the issues of the play above the individual
characters. It remains regarded as one of the greatest plays of the
twentieth century and one of the great anti-war plays of all time. The
Berlin production of 1949, with Helene Weigel as Mother Courage,
marked the foundation of the Berliner Ensemble. Translated by the
celebrated, German-born translator Michael Hofmann who has won
multiple awards for his translation of works from German into English,
the stage production was acclaimed for his 'gutsy,colloquial
translation' (The Stage).
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ISBN
9781472538109
Publisert
2015
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Methuen Drama
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Product language
Engelsk
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Digital bok
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