Mother Courage and Her Children

Synopsis

This new student edition, featuring the classic john willett translation of the play, includes an introduction by katherine hollander, which explores the following:* contexts (thirty years war, 1618-1648; world war ii and exile; sources; influential figures such as brecht, margarete steffin, helene weigel and karin michaelis)* themes (war; nature; capitalism)* dramatic devices (epic theatre)* production history and critical reception* academic debate (marxist, feminist and postmodernist)* further studywidely regarded as brecht's best work, mother courage and her children was written in 1938-9…