When the Berliner Ensemble came to Paris to play Mother Courage for a second time in 1957, the photo-journalist Pic took pictures of the entire production with a telephoto lens. Thanks to this, we possess a true photographic history of Mother Courage, something quite novel, I believe, in theatre criticism—at least for France. This succession of about one hundred photographs dealing with a single play is not only very fine in itself (for Mother Courage is a fine story); it is also of great value for those who want to reflect on the theatre. For what the photographs reveal is precisely what was brought out by the production details. But the details are at the same time the meaning, and it is because Brecht's theatre is a theatre of meaning that its detail is so important.