Opening Lines: Mother Courage and Her Children - Episode One

Series 6, episode 1

Part one of two. John Yorke takes a look at Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage and her Children, and how it explores conflict and capitalism through one family's struggles. Brecht grew up in Germany in the years after the First World War when the country was struggling with inflation running out of control. This difficult situation informed his Communist ideals, although never actually joined the Communist Party

Cast (unconfirmed)

John Yorke