Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Theater of war [videorecording] / White Buffalo Entertainment ; producer, Nina Santisi ; directed and edited by John Walter.

Publisher, Date:

New York, NY : Alive Mind ; Distributed by Lorber HT Digital, c2008.

Description:

1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

An examination of Bertolt Brecht's "Mother Courage and her children", and the political philosophies the play represents. Preparing for The Public Theater's 2006 production of Brecht's anti-war play, Meryl Streep allows a camera crew to document her rehearsal process and interest in the work. Moreover, the life and times of Brecht himself are followed, most notably the playwrites' escape from Nazi Germany, subsequent exile, testimony to the House Un-American Activities Committee, and his eventual return to the country where the play was first staged. Along with backstage scenes and discussion by theatre notables such as Tony Kushner and Streep's costar Kevin Kline, the documentary seeks to depict the history and inspirations underlying the play's themes.

Subjects:

Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956 -- Dramatic production.

Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956. Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder.

Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956 -- Characters -- Women.

Public Theater (New York, N.Y.)

Theater -- Political aspects.

Actors -- Interviews.

Theatrical producers and directors -- Interviews.

Theater -- Production and direction -- New York (State) -- New York.

Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648 -- Drama.

Women and war -- Drama.

Children and war -- Drama.