Mother Courage and Her Children (Bentley, trans.)
Full Length Play, Drama / 18m, 5f
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 had, of course, by…
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Cast Size
18m, 5fSuggested Use
- Cutting Approved for Competition
- UIL Approved
- Competition or audition material
Additional Info
When Bertolt Brecht directed the play in Munich (1950), Eric Bentley, Assistant Director, at his bidding started to 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.
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License details
- Minimum Fee: $90 per performance
- Optional Music/Media Fee: $15 per performance
Production
Details
- Time Period: 16th Century / Elizabethan
- Setting: Sweden, Poland, Germany
- Additional Features: Play w/ Music
Casting
18m, 5fEILIF, 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
Cast Attributes
- Room for Extras
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