mother courage and her children by bertolt bretch
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This is my presentation for my MA English class. You are free to modify, share, redistribute and add to it in any way you like. *I do not own the images used in the presentation. They are the property of their respective owners.TRANSCRIPT
Mother Courage and Her Children
KATTRIN
Cart
MOTHER COURAGE
Dresses
SCENE 9
•Great war of Faith•Autumn 1634• Survivors prone to epidemics• Snow is harsh• Survival depends on begging
SCENE 9
SCENE 9 - CHARACTERS
•MOTHER COURAGE: ANUM • THE COOK: MEHVISH • KATTRIN: HINA
SNOW IS HARSH
Inn
• MOTHER COURAGE, THE COOK AND KATTRIN• MOTHER COURAGE TRIES TO
CONVINCE THE COOK TO TAKE KATTRIN WITH THEM
• FOOD IS SCARCE•WAR IS KILLING PEOPLE• TO BE SAVE IS IMPOSSIBLE
SCENE 10 AND 11
Scene 10
•1635•Mother Courage and her
cart being pulled over the highroads
SCENE 10 – PERFORMED BY
•MOTHER COURAGE: ANUM
SCENE 11
• January 1636•Emperor’s Troops Threats•War will not be over soon
SCENE 11: CHARACTERS
• ENSIGN: HINA• KATTRIN: MEHVISH• PEASANT: ANUM • SOLDIER: AMNA• VOICE FROM BEHIND + OTHER
PEASANTS: ALI
Soldier
ARQUEBBUS “HOOK GUN”
Thirty Years' War (1618–1648)
• JANUARY 1636 – Mother Courage• One of the MOST DESTRUCTIVE CONFLICTS in
European history. • War was fought (in present day) GERMANY
(at various points most of European countries were involved)
• War fought (largely as a religious conflict) between PROTESTANTS AND CATHOLICS.
The result• Famine and disease
everywhere decreasing population
SCENE 12
SCENE 12•SOLDIERS MARCH•FIFIES AND DRUMS ARE HEARD
FIFE IS LIKE A FLUTE
•We were all actors simply performing on stage for you.
EPIC THEATRE TECNIQUES FOLLOWED
•REPEITION OF MUSIC•Keeping STAGE SETS SIMPLE•Showing EXPOSED LIGHTING instruments•Breaking the action into OPEN-ENDED EPISODES•Projecting LABELS OR PHOTOGRAPHS during scenes•Using a NARRATOR or actors to directly address the audience
…Continues
• Did not analyse the characters; • He set them at a distance.• Report on the events. • Simple gestures. • Clear and cool manner of speaking. • No emotional tricks