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Mother Courage and Her Children

Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder
By Bertolt Brecht
Series: Modern Classics
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Mother Courage and Her Children is a landmark anti-war play by Bertolt Brecht, set during the Thirty Years War. It follows Mother Courage as she travels with armies across Europe, selling provisions from her canteen wagon. Despite losing her children to the ravages of war, she clings to her wagon and livelihood. This bilingual edition presents the original German text alongside Tony Kushner’s contemporary English translation, illuminating Brecht’s epic drama with fresh language and insight.
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Ideal for students, scholars, and readers interested in theatre, anti-war literature, and classic German drama. Also essential for those studying Brecht’s influential theatrical methods and translations.

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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 bilingual edition allows students to compare the original German text with a translation by one of the world's leading playwrights, Tony Kushner.

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 bilingual edition allows students to compare the original German text with a translation by one of the world's leading playwrights, Tony Kushner.

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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 unique bilingual edition allows students to compare the original German text with a translation by one of the world's leading playwrights, Tony Kushner.

In this play, a 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.

The English translation by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner is inventive and vigorous, making Brecht's epic drama accessible to the 21st century reader. Contemporary language and humour make it the perfect English version to elucidate and compare with the original text. This edition also includes a critical introduction and commentary notes on particular words and phrases.

Series: Modern Classics

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Lillian Hellman hailed both Mother Courage and The Threepenny Opera as “the great plays of our time.”

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781408111512

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 16 November 2010

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Methuen Drama

Contributors:

  • Edited by Tom Kuhn
  • Translated by Tony Kushner

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 220g

Pages: 240

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Arts & Culture Bertolt Brecht Non-Fiction Series: Modern Classics

About the Author

Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) is acknowledged as one of the great dramatists whose work has had a considerable influence on the theatre. His landmark plays include The Threepenny Opera, The Life of Galileo, and The Caucasian Chalk Circle. Translator, Tony Kushner, is best known for his two-part epic, Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes and he has since emerged as one of America's most gifted playwrights. He is the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize for Drama, an Emmy Award, two Tony Awards, three Obie Awards, an Oscar nomination among many others.

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