The iconic London theater Shakespeare’s Globe has mounted its inaugural staging of work by the groundbreaking dramatist Bertolt Brecht, presenting a fresh interpretation of his celebrated anti-war drama, Mother Courage and Her Children. Conflict consumes the landscape. Provisions are limited. Optimism becomes an unaffordable commodity. The titular character navigates a devastated terrain with her wagon—dragged through regions plundered by exploitation and warfare—a figure who trades in adversity while enduring its consequences.