This play's author disliked the fact that audiences sympathized with its protagonist, so he told Helene Weigel [VYE-gul] to play the role coldly in a performance where she made a "silent scream."
This play's author disliked the fact that audiences sympathized with its protagonist, so he told Helene Weigel [VYE-gul] to play the role coldly in a performance where she made a "silent scream." Tony Kushner's translation of this play was used in a 2006 revival in which Meryl Streep played a woman who sings the "Song of the Great Capitulation." In this play, a speech extolling the freedom that the Swedish king brings is given by The Cook, and a mute girl dies (*) beating a drum to warn of a Catholic regiment. In this "epic theater" play, a woman traveling in a covered wagon sells goods to soldiers in the Thirty Years' War while losing Katrin, Eilif, and Swiss Cheese. For 10 points, Anna Fierling is the title brave woman of what Bertolt Brecht play?
This play's author disliked the fact that audiences sympathized with its protagonist, so he told Helene Weigel [VYE-gul] to play the role coldly in a performance where she made a "silent scream."
Mother Courage and Her Children [or Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder] &lt;WA, Drama&gt;