
A SAMUEL FRENCH, LTD. TITLE
Mother Courage and Her Children (Willett, trans.)
Full-Length Play, Drama / 5f, 18m
John Willett, Bertolt Brecht
English version by John Willett
Brecht follows Mother Courage and her children through twelve years of the holy war of the early seventeenth century through Sweden, Poland, Finland, Bavaria, and Italy. Mother Courage's first son is a dolt, but he makes a dashing soldier and plunderer. Her second son is honest, and he meets an earl…Image: 2016 Classic Stage Company Production (Joan Marcus)
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Cast Size
5f, 18m -
Suggested Use
- UIL Approved
Details
Summary
Brecht follows Mother Courage and her children through twelve years of the holy war of the early seventeenth century through Sweden, Poland, Finland, Bavaria, and Italy. Mother Courage's first son is a dolt, but he makes a dashing soldier and plunderer. Her second son is honest, and he meets an early death from a firing squad. His name is Swiss Cheese. So now Mother Courage and her dumb daughter follow the armies with their wagon and wares, as first one side then another wins. They acquire in their train a chaplain and a cook. Until, one day, peace is declared. But it is too brief. The plundering soldier son is brought to shame, and the daughter who would be married is shot instead. War is resumed; for it seems that, like love, it is perpetual.
Cast Attributes
- Additional Features Play with Music
Media
Photos
Image: 2016 Classic Stage Company Production (Joan Marcus)
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £70 per performance plus VAT when applicable.
- Optional Music/Media Fee: £37 per performance