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''Mother Courage and her Children'' by Bertolt Brecht. The English version of Brecht's cynical but enthralling anti-war play ''Mutter Courage''.  
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''[[Mother Courage]]'' is the shortened title for ''[[Mother Courage and her Children]]'' (''[[Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder]]''), Bertolt Brecht's cynical, but enthralling anti-war masterpiece.  
  
== Performance history in South Africa ==
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The first production in South Africa was by [[Robert Mohr]] in 195*. *** Presented by [[CAPAB]] English Drama in the [[Nico Malan Theatre]], opening 29 September 1973. Directed by [[Michael Meacham]].
 
  
The opening night of this play on 20 October 1977 commemorated the first anniversary of the [[Market Theatre]].
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A National Theatre Guild of Uganda production was presented at the [[National Arts Festival]] in 2000.
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==Translations and adaptations==
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A translation into Dutch by Gerrit Kouwenaar, ''Moeder Courage en haar kinderen'' was published by Bezige Bij in 1967.
 
  
Translated into Afrikaans by [[Fred Steyn]] as ''[[Moeder Courage]]'' and first performed by [[PACOFS]] in 1973 with [[Anna Neethling-Pohl]] in the lead role and [[Jan Bruijns]], directed by [[Truida Louw]]. It was to become one of her stock performances.  (Published by ** in 19**).
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== Sources ==
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Nico Malan Theatre pamphlet, September 1973.
 
  
''PACOFS Drama 25 Years, 1963-1988''.
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Revision as of 16:07, 3 October 2016

Mother Courage is the shortened title for Mother Courage and her Children (Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder), Bertolt Brecht's cynical, but enthralling anti-war masterpiece.

See Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder

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Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays

Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays

Return to PLAYS III: Collections

Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances

Return to South African Festivals and Competitions

Return to The ESAT Entries

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