1. Mother Courage and Her Children
Bertolt Brecht
Mother Courage and Her Children

2. Aristotelian Theatre Unity of Time Unity of Place Unity of Action
Emotional Catharsis
Naturalism/Realism
Theatrical Illusion

3. Epic Theatre Episodic Plot Structure Setting the Stage Historification
Acting Style
Song

4. Alienation Effect Verfremdungseffect- translates as to make strange

5. To think, to write or produce a play also means to transform society, to transform the state, to subject ideologies to close scrutiny. -Bertolt Brecht-

6. Mother Courage and Her Children

7. About Mother Courage and Her Children Brecht said, that he wanted to show that “war, which is a continuation of business by other means, makes the human virtues fatal to their possessors.”