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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 und ihre Kinder'' which was first presented in Zürich in 1946.  
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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 Saturday 6 October 1973. Directed by [[Michael Meacham]] assisted by [[John Burch]]. Musical director and arranger [[Christopher Fifield]], setting and costumes by [[Penny Simpson]], lighting designed by [[John Baker]]. Stage director [[Brian Kennedy]], stage manager [[Lorraine Bellamy]]. The cast: [[Babs Laker]] (Mother Courage}, [[Liz Dick]] (Kattrin, her dumb daughter), [[Nicholas Ellenbogen]] (Eilif, her son), [[Stephen Gurney]] (Swiss Cheese, her younger son), [[Johan Malherbe]] (The Cook), [[James Irwin]] (The Chaplain), [[Liz Staughton]] (Yvette Pottier), [[Keith Grenville]] (Swedish Commander). Other parts were played by [[Dugald Thomson]], [[David Crichton]], [[John Walton]], [[Elliot Playfair]], [[Mollie Thompson]], [[Michael Swinton]], [[Alan Prior]], [[Glynn Day]], [[David Sherwood]].
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The opening night of this play on 20 October 1977 commemorated the first anniversary of the [[Market Theatre]].
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The Ralph Manheim English translation was staged in the [[Market Theatre]] by [[The Company]], directed by [[Barney Simon]], with a cast including [[Alan Swerdlow]], [[Yvonne Bryceland]], [[Vanessa Cooke]], [[Ron Smerczak]], [[Danny Keogh]], [[Victor Melleney]], [[Bill Smale]], [[Wilson Dunster]], [[Nigel Vermaas]], [[John Hussey]], [[Justin Haines]], [[Aletta Bezuidenhout]], [[Marcel van Heerden]], [[Peter Piccolo]], [[Margaret Fry]] and [[Beverley Melnick]]. Designs by [[Johan Engels]] (credited as [[Johann Engels]]) and lighting by [[Mannie Manim]].
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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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Eric Bentley's translation into English was published in ''Seven plays by Bertolt Brecht''. New York: Grove, c1961.
 
  
Translated into English by Ralph Manheim [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Manheim].
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A translation into Dutch by Gerrit Kouwenaar, ''Moeder Courage en haar kinderen'' was published by Bezige Bij in 1967.
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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**).
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
''Mother Courage'' theatre programme (CAPAB) 1973.
 
 
 
''PACOFS Drama 25 Years, 1963-1988''.
 
 
 
[[The Company]] theatre programme (undated).
 
 
 
[[Petru Wessels|Petru]] & [[Carel Trichardt]] theatre programme collection.
 
 
 
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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

Return to

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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