''Mazel-tov'' (
Yiddish
Yiddish (, or , ''yidish'' or ''idish'', , ; , ''Yidish-Taytsh'', ) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated during the 9th century in Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a ver ...
: מזל טוב,
Yiddish: ''mazel tov''; Russian title either «Мазлтов» or «Поздравляем», 1889), is a one-act Yiddish-language play by
Sholem Aleichem
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, death_place = New York City, U.S.
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. The play focuses on the relationship between servants, the cook Beyle, and the upstairs rich, the Landlord. One memorable servant song from the 1889 play "Bitter is the food That gets burnt, Bitter is it to work Beyond your strength", was later recycled and included into the 1949 and 1969
Jewish Theatre, Warsaw
The Ester Rachel and Ida Kaminska Jewish Theater ( pl, Teatr Żydowski im. Estery Racheli i Idy Kamińskich) is a state theatrical institution in Warsaw, the capital city of Poland. It was named after the Polish-Jewish actress Ester Rachel Kamiń ...
production of
''The Gold Diggers''. The play was revived after the Revolution among the repertoire of the
Moscow Yiddish Chamber Theater (GOSET) in the 1920s.
[Benjamin Harshav, Marc Chagall, Barbara Harshav Marc Chagall and His Times: A Documentary Narrative- 2004 0804742146-Page 280 "Chagall and the actor Shloyme Mikhoels as Reb Alter in Mazel-tov, a one-act play by Sholem Aleichem. performed by the Yiddish Chamber Theater in Moscow, ..."] It was set as an opera ''
Congratulations!'' (Russian: «Поздравляем!» , Op. 111) by
Mieczysław Weinberg
Mieczysław Weinberg (8 December 1919 – 26 February 1996) was a Polish-born Soviet composer and pianist.
Names
Much confusion has been caused by different renditions of the composer's names. In official Polish documents made before he mov ...
in 1975.
References
1889 plays
Yiddish plays
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