This character, though popularized by a 20th-century work, originally came from a novel by Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen.
This character, though popularized by a 20th-century work, originally came from a novel by Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen. This character sings a song about how "the new year's come" and "the watchmen shout" at both the beginning and end of the work in which she appears. This character tells her daughter to heed Yvette's story about falling in love with the cook Pieter, only to have him leave with the (*) army. This character argues with a cook about the price of a capon which she claims knew how to count. This character runs a canteen out of her covered wagon and has a mute daughter named Kattrin and sons named Eilif and Swiss Cheese. For 10 points, name this woman who loses all of her children in the Thirty Years' War in a play by Bertolt Brecht.
This character, though popularized by a 20th-century work, originally came from a novel by Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen.
Mother Courage [or Mutter Courage; accept either name of Anna Fierling] 