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Mother Courage is one of nine plays that Brecht wrote in resistance to the rise of Fascism and Nazism. In response to the invasion of Poland by the German armies of Adolf Hitler in 1939, Brecht wrote Mother Courage in what writers call a "white heat"—in a little over a month. [4]
- Bertolt Brecht
- 1960
Bertolt Brecht’s modernist play, Mother Courage and Her Children, defies certain expectations of drama, focusing less on action and events than on delivering its messages about war, human conflict, and human nature. The play comprises what might be considered a set of allegorical tales lifted over a thirty-year span, describing behaviors and ...
Stoic, savvy, and enterprising, Mother Courage hopes to make a fortune by following the Swedish army in her wagon, selling food, liquor, and supplies. But her quest fails, and her three children ( Eilif, Kattrin, and Swiss Cheese) all get caught up in the war and die violent, early deaths.
The plot revolves around a woman who depends on war for her personal survival and who is nicknamed Mother Courage for her coolness in safeguarding her merchandise under enemy fire. The deaths of her three children, one by one, do not interrupt her profiteering.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Brecht’s widow Helene Weigel starred as Mother Courage in this movie version of the play. The best study guide to Mother Courage and Her Children on the planet, from the creators of SparkNotes. Get the summaries, analysis, and quotes you need.
by Bertolt Brecht. The Play. PDF Cite Share. Like the Thirty Years’ War in which it is set, Mother Courage and Her Children ranges over several decades of the seventeenth century and over...
First produced in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1939, Bertolt Brecht ’s Mother Courage and Her Children is considered by many to be among the playwright’s best work and one of the most powerful anti-war dramas in history.
