Chess 20 years old

The first Swedish language stage version of Chess, starring Helen Sjoholm as Florence Vaszi. Josefin Nilsson as Svetlana Sergievskaja, Tommy Korberg 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 Bjorn 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.

Credits

Helen Sjöholm as Florence

Rolf Skoglund as The Arbiter

Tommy Körberg as Anatoly

Per Myrberg as Molokov

Josefin Nilsson as Svetlana

Anders Ekborg as Freddie

Chess Cast

Name	Character
Helen Sjöholm She was 33, now 53 years old	as Florence
Rolf Skoglund He was 63, now 83 years old	as The Arbiter
Tommy Körberg He was 55, now 75 years old	as Anatoly
Per Myrberg He was 70, now 90 years old	as Molokov
Josefin Nilsson She was 34, 46 years old when she died	as Svetlana
Anders Ekborg He was 43, now 63 years old	as Freddie

Chess Crew

Name	Department
Björn Ulvaeus as Original Music Composer. He was 58 (now 79) years old	Sound
Tim Rice as Musical. He was 59 (now 79) years old	Writing
Benny Andersson as Original Music Composer. He was 56 (now 77) years old	Sound
Lars Rudolfsson as Translator. He was 52 (now 72) years old	Crew
Lars Rudolfsson as Director. He was 52 (now 72) years old	Directing

Chess (20 years)

Release day: Wednesday, November 12, 2003
Runtime: 128 minutes