Mother Courage and Her Children

E154342

epic theatre work play

Mother Courage and Her Children is a landmark anti-war play by Bertolt Brecht that follows a canteen woman profiting from and ultimately devastated by the Thirty Years' War.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Mother Courage and Her Children canonical	4
Mother Courage	2
"Mother Courage and Her Children"	1
Mother Courage and Her Children (productions)	1
Mother Courage and Her Children (stage role)	1
Mother Courage in "Mother Courage and Her Children"	1
Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder	1
Translation of Mother Courage and Her Children	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	epic theatre work ⓘ play ⓘ
author	Bertolt Brecht ⓘ
countryOfFirstPerformance	Switzerland ⓘ
criticalReputation	landmark of 20th-century theatre ⓘ one of Brecht's most important plays ⓘ
dramaticForm	chronicle play ⓘ
dramaticTechnique	Verfremdungseffekt ⓘ episodic structure ⓘ projected titles ⓘ songs ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate	1941-01-19 ⓘ
firstPerformancePlace	Zurich ⓘ surface form: Zürich
firstPerformanceTheatre	Schauspielhaus Zürich ⓘ
genre	anti-war play ⓘ epic theatre ⓘ
historicalContext	written during the rise of fascism in Europe ⓘ
influencedBy	World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War Thirty Years' War ⓘ
languageFeature	use of songs as commentary ⓘ
mainCharacter	Chaplain ⓘ Cook ⓘ Eilif ⓘ Kattrin ⓘ Mother Courage and Her Children self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Mother Courage Swiss Cheese ⓘ
notableActorInRoleOfMotherCourage	Helene Weigel ⓘ
notableDirector	Bertolt Brecht ⓘ
notableProduction	1949 Berliner Ensemble production ⓘ
numberOfActs	12 ⓘ
originalLanguage	German ⓘ
originalTitle	Mother Courage and Her Children self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder
partOf	Brecht's epic theatre canon ⓘ
placeOfWriting	Finland ⓘ Sweden ⓘ
settingPeriod	Thirty Years' War ⓘ
structureFeature	each scene can stand alone ⓘ
subject	family ⓘ morality in wartime ⓘ survival ⓘ war ⓘ
subtitle	A Chronicle of the Thirty Years' War ⓘ
theme	capitalism and conflict ⓘ critique of war profiteering ⓘ maternal sacrifice ⓘ the cost of war on civilians ⓘ
writtenInExile	true ⓘ
yearOfCompletion	1939 ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bertolt Brecht → notableWork → Mother Courage and Her Children ⓘ

Marc Blitzstein → notableWork → Mother Courage and Her Children ⓘ

this entity surface form: Translation of Mother Courage and Her Children

epic theatre → hasKeyWork → Mother Courage and Her Children ⓘ

Mother Courage and Her Children → originalTitle → Mother Courage and Her Children self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder

Mother Courage and Her Children → mainCharacter → Mother Courage and Her Children self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mother Courage

Saint Joan of the Stockyards → relatedWork → Mother Courage and Her Children ⓘ

Berliner Ensemble → notableWork → Mother Courage and Her Children ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mother Courage and Her Children (productions)

Helene Weigel → notableWork → Mother Courage and Her Children ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mother Courage and Her Children (stage role)

Helene Weigel → notableRole → Mother Courage and Her Children ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mother Courage

Poems 1913–1956 → relatedWork → Mother Courage and Her Children ⓘ

Therese Giehse → notableRole → Mother Courage and Her Children ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mother Courage in "Mother Courage and Her Children"

Therese Giehse → performedIn → Mother Courage and Her Children ⓘ

this entity surface form: "Mother Courage and Her Children"