Comments on: Review – Mother Courage and Her Children, National Theatre

By: Anonymous...

Anonymous... — Tue, 24 May 2011 20:09:32 +0000

How much do you now about Brecht? It sounds like you know nothing. The show you saw sounds like it was an awesome interpretation of a Brecht play.

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[...] every inch of the National Theatre’s technical capability, but not just because it can (Cf. Mother Courage) or to cover weaknesses in the text (Cf. Greenland) but because it’s the right choice for the [...]

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Review – The White Guard, National Theatre | Sans Taste — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 12:39:34 +0000

[...] almost disappointing when the National Theatre turns out something that isn’t a complete turkey. It’s really much more fun to put the boot in to the venerable grey building than it is to [...]

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Review – The Priory, Royal Court — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 16:06:58 +0000

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By: Courage, mon brave

Courage, mon brave — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 15:11:39 +0000

[...] won’t even repeat my views. Tags: bertold brecht, deborah [...]

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Review – Earthquakes in London, National Theatre | Sans Taste — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:50:41 +0000

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Review – The White Guard, National Theatre « Sans Taste — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:34:13 +0000

[...] almost disappointing when the National Theatre turns out something that isn’t a complete turkey. It’s really much more fun to put the boot in to the venerable grey monster than it is to [...]

By: Deborah Hinton

Deborah Hinton — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:12:54 +0000

I could not disagree more, I loved it, I am a huge supporter of modern innovative theatre, Puchdrunk, Wild Works, Kneehigh and many more, this was a brave attempt to make Brecht accessible and exciting and for me it worked, Fiona Shaw was brilliant, compelling and emotionally moving, the set was great and the band was the right mix of rough and timeless, theatre has to develop in multi media direction and yet keep whatever the message is, be it the evils of war the powerlessness of the masses, or anything else intact, it seems to me that theaatre is in a transitional state and this was a brave attempt along kneehigh lines to achieve something really interesting.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:22:14 +0000

I thought Fiona Shaw was fantastic. Not keen on the production adn yes, the music made me want to slit my wrists (and not in a 'Brechtian' bleak way. It was just bloody awful and didn't fit.

By: rachel pugh

rachel pugh — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:34:12 +0000

what do you mean you wont even repeat your views. i hope you liked it because i think that it deserves alot of credit.

lol.. i am new on this website. only just discovered it… i am actually going to see the play again tonight and i am really excited.