Staffan Göthe

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.^[3]

In 2001, Göthe was awarded the Litteris et Artibus medal.^[5]

Plays by Göthe have been translated into English, German, Finnish^[3] 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").^[3][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

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]