Mother Courage and her Children
Version by David Hare
Cast & Crew
Cast
A Soldier; Mercenary; Eilif’s Guard; Peasnt’s Son | Ken Christiansen |
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A Very Old Colonel | Michael Gough |
Eilif | Brett Fancy |
Farmer’s Wife | Phillipa Peak |
Kattrin | Lesley Sharp |
Mercenary; The Soldier in the Bar; Second Soldier | James Buller |
Mother Courage | Diana Rigg |
Old Woman | Sarah Parks |
Peasant in Halle | Edward Clayton |
Peasnt’s Wife | Susan Jane Tanner |
Soldier in Fur Coat; Lieutenant | Angus Wright |
Swiss Cheese | Bohdan Poraj |
T/O Yvette Pottier | Gay Soper |
The Armourer; Older Soldier | Gordon Langford Rowe |
The Chaplain | David Bradley |
The Commander in Chief | Donald Pickering |
The Cook | Geoffrey Hutchings |
The Man with a Patch; Peasant | Paul Benzing |
The Recruiting Officer | John Bluthal |
The Regimental Clerk | Cyril Shaps |
The Second Sergeant; Second Soldier; Eilif’s Guard; Third Soldier | Anthony Renshaw |
The Sergeant | Tony Selby |
The Singer | Tamsin Dives |
Young Man | Martin Freeman |
Young Soldier; Eilif’s Guard; First Soldier | Patrick Baladi |
Yvette Pottier | Doon Mackichan |
Crew | |
Assistant to the Lighting Designer | Stephen Barnett |
Composer | Jonathan Dove |
Design Assistant | John Clarke |
Design Assistant | Jonathan Fensom |
Design Assistant | Keith Grey |
Designer | Paul Bond |
Director | Jonathan Kent |
Fights | Paul Benzing |
Lighting Designer | Peter Mumford |
Photos | Ivan Kyncl |
Sound | Jonathan Suffolk |
Staff Director | William Kerley |
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Play description
This play was first performed in 1941. Mother Courage’s business is war. She trades in brandy, boots and belts, endlessly dragging her children across Europe whilst attempting to protect them from the war’s devastating effects.
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