Mother Courage and Her Children - Brossura

Brecht, Bertolt

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0143105280 ISBN 13: 9780143105282

Casa editrice: Penguin Classics, 2007

Riassunto

Mother Courage and Her Children is a classic in the repertory of Western theater. Written in response to the outbreak of World War II, this "chronicle play" of the Thirty Years War follows one of Brecht's most enduring characters, Courage, as she trails the armies across Europe, selling provisions from her canteen wagon. However, Courage pays the highest price of all. One by one, her children are devoured by violence, but she will not give up her livelihood-the wagon and the war.

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"The Threepenny Opera and Mother Courage are the great plays of our time."
-Lillian Hellman

L'autore

Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) was one of the most influential playwrights of the twentieth century. Born in Augsburg, Bavaria, he fled Germany in 1933 when Hitler came to power. Returning to Germany after the war, he founded the Berliner Ensemble and continued to work on plays and films.
Olympia Dukakis has worked for more than forty years as an actress, director, producer, teacher, and activist and has won numerous awards, including the Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award.
Norman Roessler is editor of Communications, the performance journal of the International Brecht Society, and is a lecturer at Temple University in Philadelphia.
John Willett (1917-2002) is a scholar and translator of several works by Bertolt Brecht into English.
Ralph Manheim (1907-1992) is a translator of works by Bertolt Brecht, Hermann Hesse, Günter Grass, and many others.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Penguin Classics
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0143105280
• ISBN 13: 9780143105282
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 144
• Redattore: Manheim Ralph