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Tony Kushner's inventive and vigorous translation of Bertolt Brecht's uncompromising masterpiece, Mother Courage And Her Children.
Booking from: Wednesday, 9th September 2009
Booking until: Tuesday, 8th December 2009
Matinees: Various dates and times
Evenings: Various dates and times
Playing at the Olivier Theatre.
Mother Courage, one of the most astonishing stage creations of the twentieth century, drags her cart across the battlefields, profiteering from a war that destroys her children, one by one
It isn't easy, starting a war, but nothing worthwhile is easy. And once you're in, you're hooked like a gambler, you can't afford to walk away from the crapshoot once you're deep into it.
Fiona Shaw returns to the National to take the title role in Tony Kushner's inventive and vigorous translation of Bertolt Brecht's uncompromising masterpiece. New live music by Duke Special and his band infuses this wildfire production from the team whose many international credits include Happy Days and Medea.
'Tony Kushner's adaptation combines with Deborah Warner's staging to catch war's unpredicablility, fever, ferocity - and perverse magnetism'
The Times
'Brecht's tragedy of war is brought up to date with a bang'
The Guardian
'Fiona Shaw delivers an astonishing performance'
The Independant
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