The Private Life of the Master Race, written by Brecht in 1944, is his interpretation of Hitler's New Order policies.
Hans Jacob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen's Courage: The Adventuress, a novel written in 1670, is centered around a character much like Mother Courage. It is one of the sources Brecht used for Mother Courage.
King Lear, a play by William Shakespeare written around 1605, concerns a family in which the tension between greed and caring plays.....
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