AN EVICTION NOTICE FOR THE 1% This is Brecht's real Mother Courage, not "Canteen Anna," the pointless survivor of the cautionary later play who thrives on war (which as, Brecht implies, capitalism does as well). Written in 1930, The Mother is an unashamed piece of agitprop, a more driven and optimistic successor to The Threepenny Opera […]
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 12:00PM on February 2, 2014