Scenes from Mother Courage By Brecht

I thought that I would put together an entry linking to various videos of Mother Courage.  They will have to do until someone decides to film this play or I decide to spring for a DVD from Germany.  First, though, here is a review of the production pictured above:

http://www.musicomh.com/theatre/mother-courage_1106.htm

Here is a quick scene from an Illinois' high school's production:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S5XZgV2Hd0

This production is by "Theater Bayside":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4Y-icyZFZg

This video of "The Death of Kattrin" is short, but the scenery looks more professional:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwa_Z2iQP00

Villanova University's Theater Department has a slide show of its production of Mother Courage and a video of the set and costume designers at work:

http://villanovatheatretalk.blogspot.com/2007_10_01_archive.html

I am desperate, so I am going to add some reviews with extensive pictures and/or description!

See this links for pictures from Rutgers-NJIT's production:

http://theatre.njit.edu/pictures.php?d=mothercourage&n=MOTHER%20COURAGE%20AND%20HER%20CHILDREN

Minneapolis'  Frank Theater has done Mother Courage recently.  For once, the play is reviewed glowingly!  See the second link for an interview with Wendy Knox, the founder of this theater:

 http://www.talkinbroadway.com/regional/minn/minn171.html

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2006/10/20/wendyknox/

In 2003, a theater company in the UK put on a production with disabled actors:

http://www.culturewars.org.uk/2003-02/mothercourage.htm

A year later, The Eclipse Theater Company toured the UK with its version of Mother Courage translated by Afro-British playwright Oladipo Agboluaje.  In this version, Mother Courage is set in modern-day West Africa.  For more details, see these links:

http://www.eclipsetheatre.org.uk/mcahc.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/northamptonshire/stage/2004/mother_courage.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/suffolk/going_out/on_stage/2004/03/mother_courage/preview.shtml

http://www.theatrevoice.com/listen_now/player/?audioID=483


These reviews from Pittsburgh and San Diego may explain why I am desperate!

http://www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A24565

http://www.sandiego.com/option,com_sdca/target,9e394025-6005-4bb4-b426-15f018d60a0d/