Amateur Theatre
Amatörteater, replik, premiär — putting on a play in a Swedish community hall.
The life of an amateur production from first meeting to the empty hall afterwards — the group and its bygdegård, auditions, lines learned and lost, the dress rehearsal that always goes badly, opening night, and the strange flatness when it's over. This is Swedish folkrörelse culture in one deck: someone's dad built the set.
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amatörteater
amateur theatre
Tip: lit. the same.
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en teatergrupp
a theatre group
Tip: lit. the same.
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en studiecirkel
a study circle
Tip: lit. the same — how much of this is organised here.
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en bygdegård
a village hall
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en scen
a stage
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kulisserna
the wings
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bakom scenen
backstage
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en provspelning
an audition
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läsa för en roll
to read for a part
Tip: lit. the same.
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bli rollbesatt
to be cast
Tip: lit. the same.
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en huvudroll
a leading role
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en biroll
a supporting role
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en ersättare
an understudy
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ett manus
a script
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en replik
a line
Tip: lit. the same.
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lära sig replikerna
to learn your lines
Tip: lit. the same.
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tappa repliken
to go up on your lines
Tip: lit. 'to lose the line'.
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en sufflör
a prompter
Tip: lit. the same.
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en stickreplik
a cue
Tip: lit. the same.
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missa sin insats
to miss your cue
Tip: lit. the same.
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en scenanvisning
a stage direction
Tip: lit. the same.
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scenföring
blocking
Tip: lit. the same — where you stand and move.
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en regissör
a director
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en repetition
a rehearsal
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en genomläsning
a read-through
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ett generalrep
a dress rehearsal
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och det går alltid dåligt
and it always goes badly
Tip: lit. the same — which is supposed to be lucky.
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premiär
opening night
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fullsatt
a full house
Tip: lit. the same.
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en dekor
a set
Tip: lit. the same.
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byggd av någons pappa
built by someone's father
Tip: lit. the same — always.
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en rekvisita
a prop
Tip: lit. the same.
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en kostym
a costume
Tip: lit. the same.
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lånad från vinden
borrowed from the loft
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scensmink
stage make-up
Tip: lit. the same.
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en ljusrigg
a lighting rig
Tip: lit. the same.
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en förföljare
a follow spot
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en ljudinsats
a sound cue
Tip: lit. the same.
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scenskräck
stage fright
Tip: lit. the same.
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fjärilar i magen
butterflies before you go on
Tip: lit. 'butterflies in the stomach'.
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lycka till
break a leg
Tip: lit. 'good luck' — no leg-breaking here.
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ett skratt på rätt ställe
a laugh in the right place
Tip: lit. the same.
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och ett på fel ställe
and one in the wrong place
Tip: lit. the same.
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skratta på scen
to corpse on stage
Tip: lit. 'to laugh on stage'.
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ett applådtack
a curtain call
Tip: lit. the same.
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blommor till regissören
flowers to the director
Tip: lit. the same.
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en efterfest
a party afterwards
Tip: lit. the same.
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en tom lokal dagen efter
an empty hall the next day
Tip: lit. the same.
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och en tomhet efteråt
and a flat feeling
Tip: lit. the same.
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tills nästa uppsättning
until the next production
Tip: lit. the same.