麻豆约拍

Mother Courage follows warring armies with her travelling canteen - selling provisions - but at what cost? Sheila Hancock stars as Anna Fierling, nicknamed "Mother Courage".

One of the great plays of the 20th century, written just before the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, it was penned as a warning to those who sought to profit from war. As Bertolt Brecht was to do often, he took one era to stand for another, setting Mother Courage during the Thirty Year War.

The music used in the production is the original score written for the first performances by Paul Dessau.

Directed by Jeremy Mortimer.

First broadcast on 麻豆约拍 Radio 3 in 1990.