Reading for Nov. 17

I've just posted, to the right, the reading by Bertolt Brecht for Monday: it's his play "Mother Courage and her Children." However, the file is a bit messed up and I don't have the time to fix it right now. It's okay, though, because I only want you to read the first scene (which means the first seven pages of the pdf, or up to page 33 in the pagination of the book). The text by Antonin Artaud is also there. The Artaud is theory, and although the Brecht text is a play, we'll be talking about it in rather theoretical terms: essentially, we'll be talking about whether a play should value realism or something else. When you watch a play, do you expect to see a portrayal of real people experiencing real emotions in real situations, or do you expect to see a group of actors and entertainers doing interesting things and perhaps conveying a message? Which do you think Brecht is trying to create?