"The Song of the Great Souls of the Earth" is performed in scene ten of this play, and scene seven features a discussion of how the plans of great men are ruined by the "littleness" of their underlings.
"The Song of the Great Souls of the Earth" is performed in scene ten of this play, and scene seven features a discussion of how the plans of great men are ruined by the "littleness" of their underlings. The story of Peter the Piper is recounted by the prostitute Yvette Pottier, who later pawns a flask to the Colonel. One of the main characters is executed for raiding a village, one is shot down when she tries to warn a town about an approaching army by beating on a drum, and another is captured when he tries to return the lieutenant's cashbox. Eilif, Kattrin, and Swiss Cheese are the children of the title character who makes her living as a canteen woman during the Thirty Years War. FTP, name this play about Anna Fierling by Bertolt Brecht.
"The Song of the Great Souls of the Earth" is performed in scene ten of this play, and scene seven features a discussion of how the plans of great men are ruined by the "littleness" of their underlings.
{Mother Courage and her Children} (2) [TG]