Meet the Cast
Mother Courage
We'll say it now and we'll say it again: Mother Courage is no hero. She is obsessed with capitalizing on a war that ultimately destroys her family. But hey, that doesn't mean we can't like her. Jus...
Kattrin
You might be surprised to find Kattrin listed as the second most important character in Mother Courage. C'mon, the girl doesn't even have any lines. Well, Kattrin is here to show you that a person'...
The Chaplain
The chaplain means business. Really, he's a serious guy. If a peasant is dying, you know he'll be on the scene, ready to bandage some wounds. But as his character develops throughout the play, we w...
The Cook
Like the chaplain, the cook works for the army but is not an enlisted member. Also like the chaplain, he has to endure some nasty treatment by the general in Scene II. He depends on the war for his...
Yvette
No one in Mother Courage has a more dramatic change of fortune than Yvette. She starts out as a prostitute and ends up the wealthy widow of an aristocratic military man. Not bad, right? Hold up. Yv...
Swiss Cheese
Swiss Cheese doesn't have much in the way of a character. He seems identical with the description his mother gives of him in Scene III: Honest, not dashing like your brother, and above all so stupi...
Eilif
Like his siblings, Eilif is less of a full-fledged character and more the embodiment of a character virtue. Eilif embodies boldness; his fate derives completely from this aspect of his character. I...