Chess

Story

Synopsis

The first Swedish language stage version of Chess, starring Helen Sjöholm as Florence Vaszi, Josefin Nilsson as Svetlana Sergievskaja, Tommy Körberg as Anatolij Sergievskij, Anders Ekborg as Freddie Trumper and Per Myrberg as Alexander Molokov. The cast sing new lyrics in Swedish (written by Rudolfson, Jan Marks and Björn Ulvaeus) to tell a new version of the everchanging Chess story. A few new songs have been included (Chess continues to be a work in progress.) This version premiered in February 2002 at the Cirkus Theatre in Stockholm.

Director

Lars Rudolfsson

Writers

Jan Mark, Lars Rudolfsson, Björn Ulvaeus

Language

Swedish

Country

Sweden

Release date

12 November 2003

Ensemble

Cast

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  Helen Sjöholm

  Florence

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  Tommy Körberg

  Anatoly

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  Josefin Nilsson

  Svetlana

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  Anders Ekborg

  Freddie

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  Per Myrberg

  Molokov

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  Rolf Skoglund

  Domaren, Jean Jacques van Boren (The Arbiter)

• Catharina Olsson

  Anna Petrovna, Svetlanas mor

• Axel Larsson-Myrberg

  Michail, Anatolijs och Svetlanas son

• Andreas Konvicka

  KGB-man Pasja

• Johan Jern

  KGB-man Juri

• Jonna Eriksson

  Florence 5 år

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  Fatima Edell

  Sekreterare