Brecht in Berlin!

Not just any Brecht... his 'Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder'. Mother Courage, written in a month in 1939 (some say in a fit of white rage) is considered by some to be the greatest play of the 20th century, and perhaps also the greatest anti-war play of all time. Mother Courage is one of nine plays that Brecht wrote in an attempt to counter the rise of Facism and particularily in reaction to the spread of Nazism into Poland. It is a piece of Epic theatre with symbolism references only to a Swiss army and set in an earlier century around a opportunist Mother thinking she is prospering from the war.
It is such an appropriate catharsis for my exploration of war ravaged Berlin.
It was a magnificent production with very clever special effects depicting rain and snow and the cold winds of war and by the Berliner Ensemble.
The theatre itself was a visit! My 10 Euro ticket got me into the red velvet chaired and grandiosely gold encrusted box overlooking the stage and lower seating. It did block some of the action on Stage left too.
An all too wonderful thing to do in Berlin! The home and centre of theatrical innovation. Bring it ON!