Staffan Göthe Explained
Lars Staffan Göthe (born 20 December 1944, in Luleå), is a Swedish playwright,[1] actor[2] and director.[3] He is a professor at Malmö Theatre Academy (Teaterhögskolan i Malmö) at Lund University.[4]
Göthe graduated from the Gothenburg Theatre Academy in 1971.
In 2001, Göthe was awarded the Litteris et Artibus medal.[5]
Plays by Göthe have been translated into English, German, Finnish and Estonian.[6] His collected plays (22 out of the 23 works he had produced in the period 1971-2001) was published in 2003 as Lysande eländen (approx.: "Brilliant Miseries").[7]
List of works
Plays
In English translation
- A Stuffed Dog (Swedish: En uppstoppad hund; original from 1986, translation by Kim Dambæk) - Also filmed (in Swedish) by Sveriges Television in 2006 and broadcast late that year in the newly started high definition channel SVT HD.
- One Night in February (Swedish: En natt i februari; original from 1972, translation by Eivor Martinus)
- The Crying Policeman (Swedish: Den gråtande polisen; original from 1979, translation by Eivor Martinus)
Other
The English titles given are approximate translations.
- Tjejen i Aspen - The Girl in the Aspen, 1972
- Nordanvinden eller Den unge Lars i Wexiö skola - The North Wind or the Young Lars Wexiö School, 1973
- En Järntorgsrevy - An Iron Square Revue, 1974
- Rosens och Henrikas pjäs - The Play of The Rose and Henrika, 1974
- Den itusågade damen - The Lady Sawn in Half, 1975
- Mat & Logi - Food & Lodgings, 1977–1997
- Den feruketansvärda semällen - The Horibel Bagn, 1978
- Ballad om en skärbräda - Ballad of a Chopping-Board, 1982
- Fiskarna i haven - The Fishes In the Seas, 1984
| - Arma Irma - Poor Irma, 1989
- Den perfekta kyssen - The Perfect Kiss, 1990
- Boogie-Woogie - Boogie-Woogie, 1992
- Blått hus med röda kinder - Blue House With Red Cheeks, 1994
- Ruben Pottas eländiga salonger - Might translate something like The Wretched Lounges of Ruben Chamberpot, 1996
- Legenderna från Oskarsvarv - The Legends of Oskarsvarv, 1996
- Homofiler kan inte vissla - Homos can't whistle, 1998
- Ett lysande elände - A Brilliant Misery, 1999
- Temperance - English title in original, 2000
- Byta trottoar - Changing sidewalks, 2001
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Screenplay
- Magic Stronger Than Life - (Swedish Kärlekens himmelska helvete, literally The Heavenly Hell of Love), 1993
Work as actor in film and television
Göthe has, starting with the mini-series Offside in 1971, appeared in several films and TV series, almost all of which are Swedish language productions (an exception is the Norwegian Ballen i øyet from 2000). These include, in addition to those already named (and some others): Agneta Fagerström-Olssons Magic Stronger Than Life (for which he also wrote the screenplay, as mentioned above); two episodes of the Anna Holt television series (1996); Beck – Spår i mörker (1997, part of the long series of TV movies with Peter Haber as Martin Beck); and My Bearded Mother (Swedish: Min skäggiga mamma), a 2003 short film directed by Maria Hedman that won a Guldbagge Award for best short film in 2004 as well as the Grand Prize of European Fantasy Short Film in Silver at Sweden Fantastic Film Festival in 2003.[8]
References
- http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsG/gothe-staffan.html "Staffan Gothe" at dollee.com, "the playwrights database"
- DramaDirectory (as above) and IMDb.
- DramaDirectory
- http://www.lu.se/o.o.i.s?id=7130&task=view_organization_information015018000&username= List of teachers at "Teaterhögskolan i Malmö" (Swedish) (viewed 2010-04-30)
- http://www.kungligafonder.se/monarkin/medaljer/medaljer/sokmedalj.4.30963a1811be3fda3ab800012080.html?medaljar=2001&medaljtyp=Litteris+et+Artibus&medaljnamn= "medal search" on Swedish Royal Court site: recipients of Litteris et Artibus in 2001
- Web site: Teater.ee. www.teater.ee. 2015-12-07.
- The numbers 22 out of 23 is mentioned in "Göthe gästar Kontext", an interview with Irina Sandström in Luleåmagasinet 28/2 2008, viewable online here (viewed 2010-04-30). The play that has been left out is "En Järntorgsrevy", which Göthe "can no longer read without blushing".
- https://akas.imdb.com/name/nm0351453/ Entry for Staffan Göthe at the Internet Movie Database
