Directed by Theodoros Terzopoulos, based on Bertolt Brecht's play of the same name
The play was written in 1939 and performed 1941 in Zurich. It isn't a regular play because it doesn't have a dramatic plot or scene structure and through songs, we get to know the characters and the situation in the play.
We can see the tragic destiny of a mother and her daughter, different opinions on how war can be useful and through the whole play the writer is trying to raise the awareness of the readers about the number of war victims and that war should be despised because it cannot solve any problem.
Performance: Alexandrinsky Theatre
The legendary Alexandrinsky Theatre fully titled the Russian State Academic A.S. Pushkin Drama Theatre, is the oldest national theatre in Russia. Established by a special order of the Senate, signed on Saint Alexandre Nevsky day, August 30, 1756, by Peter the Great’s daughter Empress Elizabeth, it became the common ancestor of all future Russian theatres, so the date it was founded on is recognised as the Birthday of professional theatre in Russia. The Alexandrinsky Theatre foundation had also laid the grounds for Russian state policy towards theatrical art.