Mother Courage and Her Children (Penguin Classics)

from stephensoldner

an excellent brecht play that, despite what some say of the nature of his plays, does have a fair amount of emotionalism in it, at least as far as the fate of the children goes (kattrin in particular). this doesn't take away at all from brecht's social statements, which are in full effect and as ...

from ex_ottoyuhr

I think we can all agree that the English-speaking world needs more 30 Years' War fiction, or else that I need to get much better at German. :) A really superb play -- but it's Brecht. It's hazardous for me to say this without having read all his works, but in my experience, you _can't_ go wrong ...

from LizzySiddal

Oh my goodnesss ... I'd forgotten how much I love Brecht!

from jorgearanda

A fun and horrifying antiwar tragedy.

from Devil_llama

Brecht's masterpiece, and one of the few that is regularly performed right now. Having seen this in various performances, I was interested in reading it. The reading is actually easier than the performance, perhaps because theatres tend to emphasize the action and add extra bits of action, and be...