Mother Courage and Her Children (Hare, trans.)

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Mother Courage and Her Children (Hare, trans.)

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  6w, 31m

By Bertolt Brecht
Translated by David Hare

“A superb version that bristles with paradoxes, irony and skepticism.” – Independent on Sunday

Image: 2016 Classic Stage Company Production (Joan Marcus)

Mother Courage and Her Children (Hare, trans.)

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    6w, 31m
  • Suggested Use
    • UIL Approved
    • Competition or audition material

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Here is a brilliant translation by the renowned British dramatist of one of the 20th century's greatest dramatic masterpieces. Diana Rigg starred at London's Royal National Theatre as the sturdy entrepreneur who struggles to use the war that is ravishing Europe to turn a profit, only to find that war means everyone loses.

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  • Cautions
    • Intense Adult Themes

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“A superb version that bristles with paradoxes, irony and skepticism.” – Independent on Sunday

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  • Mother Courage and Her Children (Hare, trans.)

    Image: 2016 Classic Stage Company Production (Joan Marcus)

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David Hare

David Hare
David Hare has been called "one of the great post-war British playwrights." Along with co-founding Portable Theatre Company and Joint Stock Theatre Group, he served as Resident Dramatist at the Royal Court Theatre in London and Resident Dramatist at the Nottingham Playhouse. ...
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Bertolt Brecht

Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956), playwright, poet and director, was born in Augsburg, Germany in February 1898. He established himself as a playwright during the 1920s and early 1930s with plays such as Baal, Man is Man, The Threepenny Opera and The Mother. In 1933, as Hitler came ...
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