Milton Public Library

Theater of war

Label
Theater of war
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
NRT
Main title
Theater of war
Medium
electronic resource
Runtime
95
Summary
Filmmaker John Walter artfully captures Meryl Streep groping for - and then seizing - the character in her unforgettable portrayal of Mother Courage in Tony Kushner's adaptation of the Bertolt Brecht masterpiece Mother Courage and Her Children, which was presented by The Public Theater/NY Shakespeare Festival in Central Park in the summer of 2006. As Manohla Dargis in the Times observed, "filmmaker John Walter jumps from art to history and politics and back again, from the theater of the streets to the theater of the stage, without pause. That makes the movie... tough to summarize, which is part of its appeal."
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action