In one scene, a lieutenant orders a peasant to chop wood to drown out the sound of drumming.
In one scene, a lieutenant orders a peasant to chop wood to drown out the sound of drumming. In another scene, a mute character tries on the boots of Yvette, a prostitute who sings "The Fraternization Song" to describe her liaison with a cook named Peter Piper. In the first scene, three of the title characters draw black crosses from a helmet, and the eldest is led away by a recruiting officer. The main character is threatened with ruin by the brief peace after the Battle of Lützen, and this play ends with that character continuing to run her canteen in spite of the deaths of Kattrin, Eilif, and Swiss Cheese. Centering on Anna Fierling, who had earned the title nickname by driving through the bombardment of Riga to sell moldy loaves of bread, for 10 points, name this play set during the Thirty Years War by Bertolt Brecht.
In one scene, a lieutenant orders a peasant to chop wood to drown out the sound of drumming.
{Mother Courage and Her Children} or {Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder}