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Goldberg Variations is a play by George Tabori which was first performed in 1991 in German as Die Goldberg-Variationen in Vienna's Akademietheater. The title alludes to Bach's Goldberg Variations, which is also used as background music. The play is set in Jerusalem and presents a disastrous rehearsal of a theatrical production based on the Old and New Testaments, directed by Mr. Jay, a god-like figure. His assistant is Goldberg, a Jew who has escaped from the Nazis. Plot points include Creation, the fall of man, the binding of Isaac, the golden calf, and the Crucifixion, all presented with a satirical combination of seriousness and farce.

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  • Goldberg Variations (play) (en)
  • Les Variations Goldberg (pièce de théâtre) (fr)
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  • Goldberg Variations is a play by George Tabori which was first performed in 1991 in German as Die Goldberg-Variationen in Vienna's Akademietheater. The title alludes to Bach's Goldberg Variations, which is also used as background music. The play is set in Jerusalem and presents a disastrous rehearsal of a theatrical production based on the Old and New Testaments, directed by Mr. Jay, a god-like figure. His assistant is Goldberg, a Jew who has escaped from the Nazis. Plot points include Creation, the fall of man, the binding of Isaac, the golden calf, and the Crucifixion, all presented with a satirical combination of seriousness and farce. (en)
  • Les Variations Goldberg (Die Goldberg Variationnen) est une pièce de théâtre écrite en 1991 par George Tabori. La pièce est empreinte de l'esprit de dérision et de l'humour caustique, absurde, que Tabori a développé dans toute son œuvre en réaction à la Shoah. Elle raconte, à l'occasion de répétitions théâtrales à Jérusalem, les tribulations de Goldberg, juif rescapé du nazisme assistant et souffre-douleur de Jays, un metteur en scène mégalomane et tyrannique qui se prend pour Dieu, et met en scène une pièce voulant rassembler Ancien et Nouveau Testament, et mêlant christianisme et judaïsme. (fr)
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  • Goldberg Variations (en)
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  • Goldberg Variations is a play by George Tabori which was first performed in 1991 in German as Die Goldberg-Variationen in Vienna's Akademietheater. The title alludes to Bach's Goldberg Variations, which is also used as background music. The play is set in Jerusalem and presents a disastrous rehearsal of a theatrical production based on the Old and New Testaments, directed by Mr. Jay, a god-like figure. His assistant is Goldberg, a Jew who has escaped from the Nazis. Plot points include Creation, the fall of man, the binding of Isaac, the golden calf, and the Crucifixion, all presented with a satirical combination of seriousness and farce. (en)
  • Les Variations Goldberg (Die Goldberg Variationnen) est une pièce de théâtre écrite en 1991 par George Tabori. La pièce est empreinte de l'esprit de dérision et de l'humour caustique, absurde, que Tabori a développé dans toute son œuvre en réaction à la Shoah. Elle raconte, à l'occasion de répétitions théâtrales à Jérusalem, les tribulations de Goldberg, juif rescapé du nazisme assistant et souffre-douleur de Jays, un metteur en scène mégalomane et tyrannique qui se prend pour Dieu, et met en scène une pièce voulant rassembler Ancien et Nouveau Testament, et mêlant christianisme et judaïsme. Typique de cet humour est la réplique de Jésus-Christ, incarné par Goldberg à la demande de Jays, et à qui l'on demande s'il souffre, lors de sa crucifixion : « Seulement quand je ris ». (fr)
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