AustLit logo

AustLit

y separately published work icon The Goldberg Variations single work   drama  
Issue Details: First known date: 2000... 2000 The Goldberg Variations
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'Sol, a blind piano player, is asked by the Goldberg family to write a speech. Quick to observe the nuances of emotion that run through this family of combatants, what follows is a journey of laughter and love, spotted with the occasional furtive tears, as Sol marks the family's births, deaths and marriages through his speeches. His vision, however, is somewhat obscured when it comes to acknowledging his own heart.

This wise and witty play observes how honesty, objectivity and affection can survive the most tangled of relationships.'

Source: Australian Plays.org
 

Affiliation Notes

  • Writing Disability in Australia:

    Type of disability Profound blindness.
    Type of character Primary.
    Point of view Third person (play).

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Notes:
First performed at The C.U.B. Malthouse, Melbourne on 24 May 2000
    • Strawberry Hills, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Currency Press ; Playbox Theatre , 2000 .
      Extent: 78p.
      Description: port.
      Series: Current Theatre Series Currency Press (publisher), 1983- series - publisher 'Current Theatre Series consists of Australian plays published with the program inserted and sold during theatre seasons. The aim of the series is to promote and encourage new dramatic writing and make it accessible to theatregoers and the public. The text is presented at the first day of rehearsal and does not contain changes which the author may choose to make after the play has commenced its present season - these will be incorporated into any new edition published by Currency.' Currency Press.
Last amended 26 Mar 2018 10:10:15
X