Lars ''Staffan'' Göthe (born 20 December 1944, in

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), is a

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and

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.DramaDirectory He is also a

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(Teaterhögskolan i Malmö) at

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in 1971. In 2001, he was awarded the

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medal. Plays by Göthe have been translated into

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. 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").

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

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in 2006 and broadcast late that year in the newly started high definition channel

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. * 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.

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

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''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

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television series (1996); Beck – Spår i mörker (1997, part of the long series of TV movies with

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); and My Bearded Mother (Swedish: ''Min skäggiga mamma''), a 2003

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directed by Maria Hedman that won a

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for best short film in 2004 as well as the Grand Prize of European Fantasy Short Film in Silver at

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in 2003.Entry for Staffan Göthe at the Internet Movie Database
(which also has some additional roles and the names of the characters played), and for some details entries
Ballen i øyet (2000)
,
Kärlekens himmelska helvete (1993)
,
"Beck" Spår i mörker (1997)
,
Min skäggiga mamma (2003)
and
Min skäggiga mamma (2003) - Awards
.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gothe, Staffan 20th-century Swedish dramatists and playwrights 1944 births Living people Litteris et Artibus recipients Swedish male actors Lund University faculty Swedish theatre directors Swedish male dramatists and playwrights People from Luleå 21st-century Swedish dramatists and playwrights