Mother Courage and Her Children by Bertolt Bretch

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2. Mother Courage
and Her Children

3. KATTRIN

4. Cart

5. MOTHER
COURAGE

6. Dresses

9. SCENE 9

10. •Great war of Faith
•Autumn 1634
•Survivors prone to epidemics
•Snow is harsh
•Survival depends on begging
SCENE 9

11. SCENE 9 - CHARACTERS
•MOTHER COURAGE: ANUM
•THE COOK: MEHVISH
•KATTRIN: HINA

12. SNOW IS HARSH

14. Inn

16. •MOTHER COURAGE, THE COOK AND
KATTRIN
•MOTHER COURAGE TRIES TO
CONVINCE THE COOK TO TAKE
KATTRIN WITH THEM

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

19. SCENE 10 AND 11

20. Scene 10
•1635
•Mother Courage and her
cart being pulled over the
highroads

21. SCENE 10 – PERFORMED BY
•MOTHER COURAGE:
ANUM

22. SCENE 11
•January 1636
•Emperor’s Troops Threats
•War will not be over soon

23. SCENE 11: CHARACTERS
•ENSIGN: HINA
•KATTRIN: MEHVISH
•PEASANT: ANUM
•SOLDIER: AMNA
•VOICE FROM BEHIND + OTHER
PEASANTS: ALI

25. Soldier

26. ARQUEBBUS “HOOK GUN”

27. 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.

28. The result
•Famine and disease
everywhere decreasing
population

31. SCENE 12

32. SCENE 12
•SOLDIERS MARCH
•FIFIES AND DRUMS
ARE HEARD

33. FIFE IS LIKE A FLUTE

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

36. 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

37. …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