Greystone Theatre: Mother Courage and Her Children

Mother Courage And Her Children

Written by Bertolt Brecht
In a version by David Hare
Directed by James Guedo

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November 20 – 29, 2008

A religious war ravages the civilized world, killing soldiers and civilians alike Mother Courage hauls her canteen across and around the European continent, following the battles, selling supplies to whichever side will grease her palm to support her family. As the war goes on and on, Courage switches from one side to the next in her efforts to keep business alive. Even as the war claims the lives of her three children, she persists in her struggle to make a profit—at the expense of her humanity. Bertolt Brecht penned this epic on the eve of World War II, and in David Hare’s vigorous translation, its lessons and surprising humor remain eerily relevant today. One of the most powerful anti-war dramas in history.