Mother Courage and Her Children

Bertolt Brecht(1898–1956) was one of the most influential playwrights of the twentieth century. Born in Augsburg, Bavaria, he fled Germany in 1933 when Hitler came to power. Returning to Germany after the war, he founded the Berliner Ensemble and continued to work on plays and films. Olympia Dukakishas worked for more than forty years as an actress, director, producer, teacher, and activist and has won numerous awards, including the Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award. Norman Roessleris editor of Communications, the performance journal of the International Brecht Society, and is a lecturer at Temple University in Philadelphia. John Willett(1917–2002) is a scholar and translator of several works by Bertolt Brecht into English. Ralph Manheim(1907–1992) is a translator of works by Bertolt Brecht, Hermann Hesse, Günter Grass, and many others.Brecht, Bertolt is the author of 'Mother Courage and Her Children', published 2007 under ISBN 9780143105282 and ISBN 0143105280.