Mother Courage and Her Children by Bertolt Bretch

Mother Courage and Her Children

KATTRIN

Cart

MOTHER COURAGE

Dresses

SCENE 9

•Great war of Faith•Autumn 1634• Survivors prone to epidemics• Snow is harsh• Survival depends on begging

SCENE 9

SCENE 9 - CHARACTERS

•MOTHER COURAGE: ANUM • THE COOK: MEHVISH • KATTRIN: HINA

SNOW IS HARSH

Inn

• MOTHER COURAGE, THE COOK AND KATTRIN• MOTHER COURAGE TRIES TO

CONVINCE THE COOK TO TAKE KATTRIN WITH THEM

• FOOD IS SCARCE•WAR IS KILLING PEOPLE• TO BE SAVE IS IMPOSSIBLE

SCENE 10 AND 11

Scene 10

•1635•Mother Courage and her

cart being pulled over the highroads

SCENE 10 – PERFORMED BY

•MOTHER COURAGE: ANUM

SCENE 11

• January 1636•Emperor’s Troops Threats•War will not be over soon

SCENE 11: CHARACTERS

• ENSIGN: HINA• KATTRIN: MEHVISH• PEASANT: ANUM • SOLDIER: AMNA• VOICE FROM BEHIND + OTHER

PEASANTS: ALI

Soldier

ARQUEBBUS “HOOK GUN”

Thirty Years' War (1618–1648)

• JANUARY 1636 – Mother Courage• One of the MOST DESTRUCTIVE CONFLICTS in

European history. • War was fought (in present day) GERMANY

(at various points most of European countries were involved)

• War fought (largely as a religious conflict) between PROTESTANTS AND CATHOLICS.

The result• Famine and disease

everywhere decreasing population

SCENE 12

SCENE 12•SOLDIERS MARCH•FIFIES AND DRUMS ARE HEARD

FIFE IS LIKE A FLUTE

•We were all actors simply performing on stage for you.

EPIC THEATRE TECNIQUES FOLLOWED

•REPEITION OF MUSIC•Keeping STAGE SETS SIMPLE•Showing EXPOSED LIGHTING instruments•Breaking the action into OPEN-ENDED EPISODES•Projecting LABELS OR PHOTOGRAPHS during scenes•Using a NARRATOR or actors to directly address the audience

…Continues

• Did not analyse the characters; • He set them at a distance.• Report on the events. • Simple gestures. • Clear and cool manner of speaking. • No emotional tricks