It is the mother of all roles " and arguments still rage over its true meaning, but Mother Courage is Brecht's greatest workIs Mother Courage and Her Children an anti-war play? It's certainly not a wildly enthusiastic endorsement of war, not a pro-war play. Brecht had been an ambulance driver during the first world war, an experience that cured him of any appetite for military conflict. The Thirty Years war…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:54PM on July 6, 2018