num_pages: 126
description: Complete and unabridged English version of Brecht's play. The drama, set during the Thirty Years' War, follows Mother Courage, a woman who tries to make war serve her own ends. Brecht uses his characters to make impassioned statements against war. This is part of Grove Press' Works of Bertolt Brecht, and is listed as "An Evergreen Black Cat Book BC-108".
language: English
title: Mother Courage
titlecomplete: Mother Courage
characters: Chaplain, Kattrin Haupt, Eilif, Cook, Swiss Cheese, Yvette Pottier, Anna Fierling
genres: Classics, Drama, Theatre, Plays, German Literature, Germany, School, 20th Century, Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 20243
publisher: Grove Press