Comments on: Review – Mother Courage and Her Children, National Theatre http://sanstaste.com/2009/09/18/mother-courage-and-her-children-national-theatre/ Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:34:58 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Deborah Hinton http://sanstaste.com/2009/09/18/mother-courage-and-her-children-national-theatre/#comment-28 Deborah Hinton Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:12:54 +0000 http://sanstaste.wordpress.com/2009/09/18/mother-courage-and-her-children-national-theatre#comment-28 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. 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 http://sanstaste.com/2009/09/18/mother-courage-and-her-children-national-theatre/#comment-26 Barbara Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:22:14 +0000 http://sanstaste.wordpress.com/2009/09/18/mother-courage-and-her-children-national-theatre#comment-26 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. 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 http://sanstaste.com/2009/09/18/mother-courage-and-her-children-national-theatre/#comment-25 rachel pugh Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:34:12 +0000 http://sanstaste.wordpress.com/2009/09/18/mother-courage-and-her-children-national-theatre#comment-25 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. 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.

]]> By: rachel pugh http://sanstaste.com/2009/09/18/mother-courage-and-her-children-national-theatre/#comment-24 rachel pugh Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:32:00 +0000 http://sanstaste.wordpress.com/2009/09/18/mother-courage-and-her-children-national-theatre#comment-24 it was truely dire my friend. truely.... :3 it was truely dire my friend. truely…. :3

]]> By: rachel pugh http://sanstaste.com/2009/09/18/mother-courage-and-her-children-national-theatre/#comment-23 rachel pugh Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:31:20 +0000 http://sanstaste.wordpress.com/2009/09/18/mother-courage-and-her-children-national-theatre#comment-23 i am really impressed with the play... i would definatly go and see it again and as for you at the top. i dont know if your views are good but they had better be because the writer of this play was a fucking genius and desrves alot of credit for this play.... i am really impressed with the play…
i would definatly go and see it again
and as for you at the top. i dont know if your views are good but they had better be because the writer of this play was a fucking genius and desrves alot of credit for this play….

]]> By: Ian http://sanstaste.com/2009/09/18/mother-courage-and-her-children-national-theatre/#comment-22 Ian Sun, 18 Oct 2009 09:06:09 +0000 http://sanstaste.wordpress.com/2009/09/18/mother-courage-and-her-children-national-theatre#comment-22 Well, it hasn't improved as of 17th October - at least the first half hasn't - didn't waste my life on the second. Truly dire Well, it hasn’t improved as of 17th October – at least the first half hasn’t – didn’t waste my life on the second. Truly dire

]]> By: Courage, mon brave « Sans Taste http://sanstaste.com/2009/09/18/mother-courage-and-her-children-national-theatre/#comment-10 Courage, mon brave « Sans Taste Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:08:03 +0000 http://sanstaste.wordpress.com/2009/09/18/mother-courage-and-her-children-national-theatre#comment-10 [...] I won’t even repeat my views. [...] [...] I won’t even repeat my views. [...]

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