Gerda Ring (11 May 1891 â€" 12 January 1999) was a Norwegian- born
stage actress and stage producer. She was the daughter of writer
Barbra Ring, and married actor and theatre director Halfdan
Christensen in 1922. They were parents of the actors Bab Christensen
and Pelle Christensen.Ring had her stage debut at Det Nye Teater in
Copenhagen in 1911, in the play Kongens hjerte, written by Barbra Ring
(Gerda's mother). She played at the National Theatre from 1912 to
1961. Among her roles were "Hedvig" in Ibsen's The Wild Duck, and
"Eleonora" in Strindberg's Easter. Her first stage production was an
adaption of Gunnar Heiberg's play Gerts have in 1930.During the Second
World War Ring played a leading role in the theatre conflict which
emerged in 1941, being on the board of the Norwegian Actors' Equity
Association. One of the disagreements was whether the actors were
obliged to participate in radio productions. After several actors,
including Ring, refused to participate for Radioteatret in May 1941,
the Gestapo intervened, and the group had their working permissions
revoked. This was 21 May, and already the same evening a strike was
effective in Oslo, and from the next day also in Bergen and Trondheim.
Several theatre leaders were eventually arrested, but the strike
lasted until end of June, after long negotiations, which also included
German threats of death by court-martial.In 1942 Ring had to flee to
Sweden, where she started the theatre group Fri Norsk Scene, together
with her husband Halfdan Christensen.
stage actress and stage producer. She was the daughter of writer
Barbra Ring, and married actor and theatre director Halfdan
Christensen in 1922. They were parents of the actors Bab Christensen
and Pelle Christensen.Ring had her stage debut at Det Nye Teater in
Copenhagen in 1911, in the play Kongens hjerte, written by Barbra Ring
(Gerda's mother). She played at the National Theatre from 1912 to
1961. Among her roles were "Hedvig" in Ibsen's The Wild Duck, and
"Eleonora" in Strindberg's Easter. Her first stage production was an
adaption of Gunnar Heiberg's play Gerts have in 1930.During the Second
World War Ring played a leading role in the theatre conflict which
emerged in 1941, being on the board of the Norwegian Actors' Equity
Association. One of the disagreements was whether the actors were
obliged to participate in radio productions. After several actors,
including Ring, refused to participate for Radioteatret in May 1941,
the Gestapo intervened, and the group had their working permissions
revoked. This was 21 May, and already the same evening a strike was
effective in Oslo, and from the next day also in Bergen and Trondheim.
Several theatre leaders were eventually arrested, but the strike
lasted until end of June, after long negotiations, which also included
German threats of death by court-martial.In 1942 Ring had to flee to
Sweden, where she started the theatre group Fri Norsk Scene, together
with her husband Halfdan Christensen.
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