text: In a play by this author, a huge effigy of the title character shaking his head and carrying a Bible withcrossed-out pages is paraded around in a float.
full_question: In a play by this author, a huge effigy of the title character shaking his head and carrying a Bible withcrossed-out pages is paraded around in a float. A series of characters draw lots and receive the black cross ofdeath at the start of a play by this author interspersed with musical numbers like the "Fraternization Song,"sung by the army camp prostitute Yvette. In another of his plays, Andrea visits his former master, who is livingunder house arrest despite having recanted his scientific beliefs. The title character of his best-known playresolutely pulls the wagon despite the murder of Kattrin and the executions of Eilif and Swiss Cheese duringthe Thirty Years War. For 10 points, name this German dramatist of Mother Courage and Her Children.
first_sentence: In a play by this author, a huge effigy of the title character shaking his head and carrying a Bible withcrossed-out pages is paraded around in a float.
raw_answer: Bertolt Brecht