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by Bertolt Brecht

Mother Courage and Her Children is set during the Thirty Years' War, but it was written either shortly before or during the early years of the Second World War. Hitler's warmongering intentions had become clear to many Germans by the ... More

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misfortune in itself is a poor teacher

How can I challenge the quote.."The play has no lessons to teach because war cannot teach anything of value. Or as Brecht put it 'Misfortune in itself is a poor teacher"

Posted By taylor h #46803 at Oct 18, 2007 4:14 PM in Mother Courage and Her Children || 1 reply

language-translation

mother courage was translated from german to english do you think that this translation could have effect what we see in the english theatres today

Posted By ifeoma w #33253 at Jan 04, 2007 6:30 AM in Mother Courage and Her Children || 1 reply