9 episodes
Mother Courage and Her Children National Theatre
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- Arts
This collection comprises of a series of short documentaries created around Deborah Warner's 2009 production of Mother Courage and Her Children. Fiona Shaw in the title role of Tony Kushner’s inventive and vigorous translation of Bertolt Brecht’s uncompromising masterpiece. This collection includes videos on Brecht, the music performed live by Duke Special and a behind the scenes look at Fiona Shaw as she prepares to go on stage.
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Brechtian theatre coming to life
Making creative suggestions is key to Brecht's work. This film looks at his theoretical work.
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Art of cart
The most important object in the play is the cart that Mother Courage has for all her merchandise, from it we can see what her financial situation is each time she appears. This film looks at the design process behind the cart in the show.
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Deborah Warner's starting point
Warner talks about the play, her particular approach to the project and Brecht.
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Fiona Shaw on stage
An insight into what happens before the curtain rises on a show.
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Motherhood, Commerce and War
Courage is a business woman because she is a mother. Courage can't be a mother because she is a business woman
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Sound and music
The director wanted music that was neither modern, nor old, and certainly not a pastiche so Deborah Warner approached Duke Special.