Mother Courage and Her Children
play written by Bertolt Brecht
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Summary
Mother Courage and Her Children is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,982 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Author: Bertolt Brecht[3]
- Genre: epic theatre[4], drama fiction[5]
- Commons category: Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder[6]
- Language of work or name: German[7]
- Country of origin: Germany[8]
- Inception: 1938[9]
- Publication date: 1949[10]
- Translator: Eneko Sagardoy[11], Jordi Voltas[12], Feliu Formosa i Torres[13], Eric Bentley[14]
- Characters: Clerk[15], Young Soldier[16], Older Soldier[17], Peasant[18], Peasant Woman[19], Young Man[20], Old Woman[21], Another Peasant[22], Another Peasant Woman[23], Lieutenant[24], Old Colonel[25], Sergeant[26], Another Sergeant[27], Man with the Bandage[28]
- Main subject: Thirty Years' War[29], war[30]
- Date of first performance: April 19, 1941[31]
- Title: Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder[32], Mother Courage and her children[33], Majka Hrabrost[34], Äiti Peloto[n] ja hänen lapsensa[35], Mati Korajža in njeni otroci[36], Carrar Ana'nın tüfekleri[37], Ē mana koyragio kaita paixdio[38], La Courage i els sus fills[39], Ima Courage wijeladeha[40], Izbrannoe[41], Kimotta-okkā-to-sono-kodomotachi[42], Matinka Kuraž ta i͏̈i͏̈ dity[43], Kurázsi mama és gyermekei[44], Madre Coraggio e i suoi figli[45]
Why It Matters
Mother Courage and Her Children has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]