Merete Skavlan

Merete Skavlan (born 25 July 1920 in Kristiania) is a Norwegian actress, theatre instructor and director.

She was the daughter of newspaper editor and theatre director Einar Skavlan and music educator Margrethe Bartholdy.^[1]

She was involved in resistance work during the World War II, and joined the unofficial "Stanislavskij Group" in 1943.^[1] The members of this group founded Studioteatret, and she made her debut at Studioteatret's first performance in 1945, in a translation of Wilder's play The Long Christmas Dinner.^[2] She continued to play for Studioteatret until 1950.^[3]

Her acting career continued at Det Nye Teater, where she played from 1950 to 1952, at Folketeatret from 1952 to 1959, and at Oslo Nye Teater from 1959 to 1967. During the 1960s she also played for Fjernsynsteatret, with roles such as Angustias in an adaption of García Lorca's The House of Bernarda Alba, and as Missis Smith in Ionesco's The Bald Soprano.^[1]

She started working as a theatre instructor, and has participated on productions at Riksteatret, the National Theatre, Det Norske Teatret and Fjernsynsteatret. Her debut as producer was an adaption for television of Baroness Emma Orczy's novel The Scarlet Pimpernel, for Fjernsynsteatret in 1968. Her debut as stage producer was an adaption of Bill Naughton's play Spring and Port Wine, for Det Norske Teatret in 1969. She also lectured at the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre.^[1]

From 1984 to 1990 she was employed at the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation as head of Radioteatret.^[3] She started the independent theatre group Intimteatret in 1991, together with Gerhard Knoop.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} Kvalvik, Bent. "Merete Skavlan". In Helle, Knut (in Norwegian). Norsk biografisk leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Merete_Skavlan/utdypning. Retrieved 14 April 2009. 
2. ^ Olsen, Arne Thomas; Else Martinsen (1995) (in Norwegian). Studioteatret. Frihet og fornyelse. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. ISBN 82-00-22366-3. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Henriksen, Petter, ed (2007). "Merete Skavlan" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/Merete_Skavlan. Retrieved 14 April 2009. 

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Preceded by Gerhard Knoop	Director of Radioteatret 1984–1990	Succeeded by Nils Nordberg

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Name	Skavlan, Merete
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Date of birth	25 July 1920
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