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Mother Courage and Her Children (Bentley, trans.)

This German play was written in 1930 and was first produced in Zurich in 1941.

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Drama

  • Time Period: 17th Century
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
This German play was written in 1939 and was first produced in Zurich in 1941. In America, it was published in English right away (1941, by New Directions) but did not reach Broadway till 1963 -- in a memorable production directed by Jerome Robbins and starring Anne Bancroft. It has, of course, by that time been produced to much acclaim all over the world.

When Bertolt Brecht directed the play in Munich (1950), Eric Bentley, Assistant Director, at his bidding started by translate the play into English. He was eventually to make several different English versions of it. The most interesting of these is published here. It was a collaboration with the eminent French composer Darius Milhaud. Together they made this remarkable contribution to musical theatre.

PLEASE NOTE: This show has an optional music fee of A$50.00 per performance.

Characters

  • Casting: 18M, 5F
  • Casting Attributes: Room for Extras

  • MOTHER COURAGE
    EILIF - her son
    SWISS CHEESE - her son
    KATTRIN - her daughter
    RECRUITING OFFICER
    SERGEANT
    COOK
    COMMANDER
    CHAPLAIN
    ORDNANCE OFFICER
    SERGEANT
    YVETTE POTTIER
    ONE EYE
    SOLDIER
    COLONEL
    CLERK
    OLDER SOLDIER
    YOUNGER SOLDIER
    FIRST SOLDIER
    PEASANT
    SECOND SOLDIER
    PEASANT WOMAN
    SOLDIER - singing
    OLD WOMAN
    YOUNG MAN
    SOLDIER
    LIEUTENANT
    OLD PEASANT
    FIRST SOLDIER
    PEASANT WOMAN
    SECOND SOLDIER
    YOUNG PEASANT

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    This German play was written in 1939 and was first produced in Zurich in 1941. In America, it was published in English right away (1941, by New Directions) but did not reach Broadway till 1963 -- in a memorable production directed by Jerome Robbins and starring Anne Bancroft. It has, of course, by that time been produced to much acclaim all over the world.

    When Bertolt Brecht directed the play in Munich (1950), Eric Bentley, Assistant Director, at his bidding started by translate the play into English. He was eventually to make several different English versions of it. The most interesting of these is published here. It was a collaboration with the eminent French composer Darius Milhaud. Together they made this remarkable contribution to musical theatre.

    PLEASE NOTE: This show has an optional music fee of A$50.00 per performance.

    		$24.95

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