Title: Mother Courage and her children
Description: In this chronicle of the Thirty Years War of the 17th century, Mother Courage follows the armies back and forth across Europe, selling provisions and liquor from her canteen wagon. As the action of the play progresses between the years 1624 and 1646 she loses her children to the war but remains indomitable, refusing to part with her livelihood - the wagon. The play is one of the most celebrated examples of Epic Theatre and of Brecht's use of alienation effect to focus attention on the issues of the play above the individual characters.
Subjects: Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648, Drama