Mother Courage and Her Children

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Event Mother Courage and Her Children
Venue Wharf 1 Theatre, Sydney Theatre Company, Sydney, NSW
Umbrella Event Sydney Theatre Company Season 2006
First Date 12 May 2006
Opening Date 18 May 2006
Last Date 25 June 2006
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Eastern Europe in the seventeenth century. The Thirty Years War has been raging across nations, engulfing the landscape, reducing once-dignified human lives to a fight for survival.
In the midst of the conflagration moves a little wagon, following armies, a footnote in the saga of war. And pulling the cart, Mother Courage, Bertold Brecht's incisive portrait of resilience and sacrifice that came to summarise the brutality of the age. Courage loses loved ones and witnesses the depravity of commerce in an age of slaughter - but never from a position of judgement. She is a profiteer herself, aft
Description Source Other
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Subjects Corruption
Family
Human Suffering
War
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Martin Blum Actor
Brandon Burke Actor
Peter Carroll Actor
Marta Dusseldorp Actor
Eden Falk Actor
John Gaden Actor
Deborah Mailman Actor
Hayley McElhinney Actor
Amber McMahon Actor
Colin Moody Actor
Pamela Rabe Actor
Dan Spielman Actor
David Hare Adaptor
Chris Twyman Assistant Lighting Designer
Tom Wright Associate Director
Alan John Composer
Tess Schofield Costume Designer
Jeanette Nelson Dialect Coach
Robyn Nevin Director
Nick Schlieper Lighting Designer
Gavin Robins Movement Director
Simon Barker Musician
Steve Elphick Musician
Brett Hirst Musician
Alan John Musician
Phil Slater Musician
Bertolt Brecht Playwright
Ralph Myers Set Designer
Jeanette Nelson Voice Coach
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Germany
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme PROMPT Collection. National Library of Australia
Flyer PROMPT Collection. National Library of Australia
Brochure PROMPT Collection. National Library of Australia
Marion Roubos-Bennett Collection STC Season 2006 brochure
Event Identifier 68256
Dataset AusStage