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Mother Courage & Her Children
Wesley Enoch
(translator),
Paula Nazarski
(translator),
2013
6557893
2013
single work
drama
'Bertolt Brecht's epic morality tale about the ravages of war is given a unique twist by Queensland Theatre Company Artistic Director Wesley Enoch and Paula Nazarski in a dazzling new translation.
Instead of the 'Thirty Years' War of 1600s Europe, this near-future incarnation of the age-old story is set against the bleak backdrop of a post-apocalyptic desert where Mad Max might be at home - an Australia ravaged by devastating conflict, where life is cheap but business is still business. Ursula Yovich is the titular canteen-wagon mistress, shrewdly driving hard bargains as she shepherds her brood of three through this unforgiving, harsh wilderness. With an all-Indigenous cast, this fresh spin on Brecht's play delicately folds in themes of land ownership, the impact of mining and the stolen generation.' (Source: QPAC website www.qpac.com.au)
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This international work is included in AustLit because of an Australian adaptation.
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Warwick Thornton's Mother Courage : A Battle Cry for Aboriginal Art
2017
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Mosaic , June vol. 50 no. 2 2017; (p. 223-240)'Warwick Thornton's installation Mother Courage, prompted by Brecht's classic drama, addresses the situation of Aboriginal Australians, especially artists, and the politics of their survival. Juxtaposing traditional paintings with contemporary media-based culture, the installation highlights the issue of "authentic" Aboriginal art and displays Aboriginal artists' diversity and agency.' (Publication abstract)
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Warwick Thornton's Mother Courage : A Battle Cry for Aboriginal Art
2017
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Mosaic , June vol. 50 no. 2 2017; (p. 223-240)'Warwick Thornton's installation Mother Courage, prompted by Brecht's classic drama, addresses the situation of Aboriginal Australians, especially artists, and the politics of their survival. Juxtaposing traditional paintings with contemporary media-based culture, the installation highlights the issue of "authentic" Aboriginal art and displays Aboriginal artists' diversity and agency.' (Publication abstract)
