Mother Courage and Her Children (German: Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder) is a play written in 1939 by the German dramatist and poet Bertolt Brecht, with significant contributions from Margarete Steffin. The name is based on its eponymous character, Mother Courage. Four theatrical productions were produced in Switzerland and Germany from 1941 to 1952, the last three supervised or directed by Brecht. Several critics regard the play as the greatest of the twentieth century.
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Mother Courage and Her Children...is a play written in 1939 by the German dramatist and poet Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956), with significant contributions from Margarete Steffin.
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Mother Courage and Her Children...is a play written in 1939 by the German dramatist and poet Bertolt Brecht.
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a play written in 1939 by the German dramatist and poet Bertolt Brecht
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