A GENERATION LOST
Swedish Ludvig is 24 years old and has tried for years to find a job. The support programs arranged by the Swedish Employment Service that he has followed have led nowhere. Out of desperation he starts planning a robbery against a supermarket in Halmstad where he lives. Ludvig is part of a generation of young Swedes who suffer from unemployment. The play is based on interviews with Ludvig and other young people who find themselves left out of the job market.
A generation lost was a commission from The Royal Dramatic Theater (Dramaten) in Stockholm and was performed with four different casts during two years. It was recorded and broadcasted by The National Swedish Television (SVT) and also invited to perform for politicians in the Swedish parliament. The play also played at Stora Teatern in Gothenburg and was presented as part of the festival Teaterdagarna arranged by Sweden’s National Touring Theater. In 2014, Marcus Lindeen directed an additional production at Örebro Länsteater with actors from their ensemble.
Marcus Lindeen also made a short radio documentary for The National Swedish Radio about Ludvig. The documentary aired in connection to the premiere of the play.
INFO & CREDITS
ORIGINAL TITLE En förlorad generation
LENGTH 60 min
LANGUAGE Swedish
THEATER Dramaten, The Royal Dramatic Theater of Stockholm
YEARS 2013-2014
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY Marcus Lindeen
RESEARCH AND SOUND EDITING Tomas Rajnai, Jens Nielsen
DRAMATURG Irena Krauss, Emma Gabrielsson
LIGHT DESIGN Olof Nyberg
COSTUME Barbro Hellsing, Ludvig Nyberg
PROPS Anders Colliander, Lotta Wallin
SOUND ENGINEER Jan-Erik Piper
STAGE MANAGER Martin Vogel
PRODUCER Lisen Andersson
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR (DRAMATEN&) Helena Seth
ORIGINAL CAST Danilo Bejarano, Emma Mehonic, Filip Alexandersson, Eva Melander, Eric Stern and Lotta Tejle.
ADDITIONAL ACTORS Emma Broomé, Sanne Ahlqvist Boltes, Mattias Silvell, Jon Karlsson, Alexandra Rapaport, Jennifer Amaka Pettersson, Marall Nasiri, Bianca Kronlöf, Pablo Leiva Wenger, Ardalan Esmaili
EXTRA MATERIAL
︎ Download program notes as PDF (Swedish)
︎ Link to review in Dagens Nyheter (Swedish)
︎ Link to radio documentary by Marcus Lindeen made for Tendens, Sveriges Radio P1 (Swedish)
LOCAL VERSION
ORIGINAL TITLE En förlorad generation
LENGTH 60 min
LANGUAGE Swedish
THEATER Örebro Länsteater, Nya China
YEAR 2014
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY Marcus Lindeen
RESEARCH AND SOUND EDITING Tomas Rajnai, Jens Nielsen
LIGHT DESIGN Ronny Andersson
COSTUME Barbro Hellsing, Ludvig Nyberg
PRODUCER Agneta Bertilson
CAST Hans Christian Thulin, Maria Simonsson, Hanna Lekander, Linus Lindman, Peter Jansson, Parwin Hoseinia
Above, production photos from Dramaten in Stockholm.
Actor Lotta Tejle during a special performance of the play in the Swedish parliament surrounded by politicians working with youth unemployment.
Actor Danilo Bejarano, who portrays Ludvig on stage,and Marcus Lindeen during the photography session for the poster at Dramaten. Danilo is wearing the real Ghostbuster costume that was designed by Ludvig.