Mother Courage and Her Children

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This collection comprises of a series of short documentaries created around Deborah Warner's 2009 production of Mother Courage and Her Children. Fiona Shaw in the title role of Tony Kushner’s inventive and vigorous translation of Bertolt Brecht’s uncompro


    • Apr 8, 2011 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 4m AVG DURATION
    • 9 EPISODES


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    Brechtian theatre coming to life

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2011 6:19


    Art is not a mirror with which to reflect reality but a hammer with which to shape it.

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    Art of cart

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2011 4:32


    The most important object in the play is Mother Courage's cart.

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    Deborah Warner's starting point

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2011 4:30


    Why this play now? Why this cast? How did Deborah Warner begin this project?

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    Fiona Shaw on stage

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2011 10:12


    Follow Fiona through her pre-show warm up and getting read for the show

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    Motherhood, Commerce and War

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2011 3:48


    Who is Mother Courage?

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    Sound and music

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2011 6:21


    Duke Special wrote the music for the show.

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    Creating the visual narrative

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2011 3:19


    How to fill the Olivier stage space with out incurring huge cost.

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    A popular play spectacle

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2011 3:58


    Making popular, exciting, entertaining, theatre is fundamental.

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    Deborah Warner's Mother Courage and her Children (2009) - Pamphlet

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2011 0:03


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