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Brecht: Mother Courage and her Children
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Brecht: Mother Courage and her Children
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Peter Thomson
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Contributions by Viv Gardner
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| Series | Plays in Production |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:224 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140 |
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| Category/Genre | Drama
Literary studies - from c 1900 -
Literary studies - plays and playwrights |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780521597746
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| Classifications | Dewey:832.912 |
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| Audience | | Professional & Vocational | | Tertiary Education (US: College) | |
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| Illustrations |
10 Halftones, unspecified
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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| Publication Date |
11 December 1997 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
This is the first comprehensive study in English of Brecht's Mother Courage in production. Peter Thomson provides a detailed account of Brecht's own production in 1949 and then explores how the play has been transmitted--from Joan Littlewood's production in 1956 to the Royal National Theatre in 1995. The book also examines interpretations by Judi Dench, Glenda Jackson, and Richard Schechner, among others. Seminal productions from the continent are also analyzed and a final chapter examines the play's influence on among others, Peter Brook, and highlights the new urgency of the text in light of the wars in former Yugoslavia and Uganda.
Reviews'Mother Courage as revealed by Peter Thomson is refreshingly engaging both intellectually and in its aesthetic appeal.' Studies in Theatre Production
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