Synopsis

A Chrinicle play of the Thirty Years War, Was written in 1938-9 and first produced in Zurich in 1941. Mother Courage follows the armies with her traveling canteen, selling provisions and liquor to the troops. She loses both her sons in the war, and her dumb daughter Kattrin is shot as she beats a drum to warn the town of Halle of an impending attack. Mother Courage is left alone with her wagon, old but still busines-like.