Popular Culture
In the Tony Award-winning musical Urinetown, the character of Penelope Pennywise is roughly based on Mother Courage.
The rock band My Chemical Romance created the character Mother War for their third album The Black Parade. Mother War's song, "Mama", is influenced by themes from Mother Courage and Her Children, including the effect of war on personal morals.
Mother Courage has been compared to the popular musical, Fiddler on the Roof. As Matthew Gurewitsch wrote in The New York Sun, "Deep down, Mother Courage has a lot in common with Tevye the Milkman in Fiddler on the Roof. Like him, she's a mother hen helpless to protect the brood."
Mother Courage was the inspiration for Lynn Nottage's Pulitzer winning play Ruined.
Read more about this topic: Mother Courage And Her Children
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