Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Grove Black Cat, New York
ISBN-13:9780394171067ISBN:0394171063
Description: Good. No Jacket as Issued. Light wear to the wraps with mild page toning. Black ink doodle on the back cover. Otherwise a clean, tight copy with no markings. read more
Edition: 10th printing
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Grove Press
Date Published: 1966
ISBN-13:9780394171067ISBN:0394171063
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. SM TB: light wear, light creases, light age discoloration, a little underlining on a few pages. 126 p.; Black Cat Book, 108. read more
Edition: First Arcade Paperback Edition stated.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Arcade Publishing
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9781559702348ISBN:1559702346
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Ex-library. Pages clean, unmarked. Front cover in very good condition. Usual library markings front & back. Price clipped out of back cover. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 154 p. Audience: General/trade. Written in response to the outbreak of WWII, this chronicle play of the 30 Years War follows Courage a woman who trails the armies across Europe selling provisions and liquor. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic
Date Published: 1963
ISBN-13:9780394171067ISBN:0394171063
Description: Fair. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by previous owner. fair to good title page is torn at top and krinkled.. Text in English, German. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. Black Cat Book, 108. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Grove Press
Date Published: 1991-09-11
ISBN-13:9780802130822ISBN:0802130828
Description: Good. Binding is tight and square. Notes, marks and underlining on various pages. Light edge and corner wear. Careful packaging and fast shipping. We recommend EXPEDITED MAIL for even faster delivery! read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Grove Press
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780802130822ISBN:0802130828
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Very minimal edge wear. Two margin notes on one incidence of underlining on text. Covers are straight, crisp and free of creasing. No creases on spine. Text is beginning to tan. Binding is tight. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 128 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
"Powerful play - and it's great to read the Penguin Classics Edition with Brecht's notes on how he staged each scene. Set during the Thirty Years War, yet written the first month WWII began, its message is as relevant today: beware of our addiction to the business of war. For with it, the best of society will be consumed."
"I read this play and then saw it performed in a theater production. I think this is an amazing play about a woman during war times (the 30 year war) who was willing to do anything for her children. She fought, lied, cheated and stole whatever was possible to survive.
The one thing I remember about seeing this preformed that I wasn't a fan of was the cursing. It felt like every other line a swear word was thrown in. Sometimes swearing is just swearing and isn't always needed for dramatic effect.
The plot of the story was well written and could probably be relatable to anyone who has children (especially a mother) and the ending was slightly bittersweet. (I don't want to give it away, so read it)."
"I remember it capturing well the confusion, hopelessness, stubbornness and irony of war. Bertholt Brecht chose the setting of the play to occur in the 1620's - 30's, during the Thirty Year War. This war, one of the most devastating and heinous to take place in Europe, substantially reduced the total population. If my memory serves me correct, (and someone please correct me here if I am wrong) I believe the death toll, including some of the ensuing plagues, was an astounding 50-70 percent of the German population.
Because this war was fought over religion, the author's distrust and disdain for the topic is not only clear but also easy to understand. As a communist supporter, he wrote this play in response to World War II. Although Brecht, a staunch atheist, and I hold different opinions concerning belief, I do empathize with his underlying grief concerning the senselessness, tragedy and loss of humanity during the Thirty Year War and war in general. The sense of appall, to which the ending appeals and produces within the reader/audience member, is well executed. It skillfully leaves its participant to grapple with the sinking question, "Has Germany, humanity -- have we -- truly learned nothing from all this?"
It has been a minute since I last read this book. Honestly, I should probably read it again. I do suggest that if you are able to understand German, to read this in the original language because the various nuances of speech, so seamlessly employed in this particular writing, are easily lost in translation."
"Healthily challenging, intensely sad. I was lost at first, wondering whether I even cared. By the end, my heart was broken and my brain-gears working overtime. Highly recommended. One of the best plays I've read."
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