Faëton (1990)
Registration of the 1987 perfomance by the Dutch theatregroup De Appel of the tragedy 'Faëton Of Reuckeloze Stoutheit' by the poet and playwright Joost van den Vondel from 1663. The story is taken from Ovid's Metamorphoses and begins begins with the Sun God Phoebus who fathered four children with Clymene. When the children grow up, they go with their mother in search of father, but they wonder whether he really exists. When Phoebus hears this, he promises to fulfill every wish of his children. His son Faëton takes advantage of this and wants to spend a day in the solar chariot through the universe. That causes a lot of problems on earth, since Faëton's recklessness almost causes extinction.
Directors: Jan Venema, Hans Croiset.
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Christine Ewert as Klymene |
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Alexander van Heteren as Faëton |
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Joke Last as Faetuze |
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Oda Spelbos as Lampete |
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Lilian Bakker as Febe |
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Sacha Bulthuis as Rei van Uren |
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Wim Bouwens as Hemelraad |
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Aus Greidanus as Jupiter |
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Trudy Labij as Faam |
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Carol Linssen as Febus |
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Will van Kralingen as Juno |
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René Vernout as Hemelraad |
| Writing | Joost van den Vondel | Writer |
| Sound | Rudolf Grob | Sound |
| Editing | Jacqueline Reimerink | Editor |
| Directing | Oline Engelvaart | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Leigh Landy | Music |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ilja de Vries | Makeup Designer |
| Directing | Jan Venema | Director |
| Lighting | Bert Waarlé | Lighting Design |
| Camera | Henk Walison | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Kees Kuijer | Sound |
| Lighting | Andy Toen | Lighting Design |
| Sound | Gert Jan Eijlers | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | André Mouth | Makeup Designer |
| Crew | Watze Tiesema | Dramaturgy |
| Camera | Ron Zirkzee | Grip |
| Crew | Emiel Jansen | Cableman |
| Costume & Make-Up | Suzet van Rooyen | Hair Designer |
| Directing | Hans Croiset | Director |
| Lighting | Tom van Noorden | Lighting Design |
| Camera | Bob Luyèr | Camera Operator |
| Crew | Joost van den Vondel | Script |
| Camera | Rudi Komaromi | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Sietse Lemmers | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Berto Oude Veldhuis | Grip |
| Sound | Ferry Brand | Sound |
| Crew | Elmar Schiphorst | Catering |
| Writing | Guus Rekers | Script Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Barbara de Vries | Costume Design |
| Production | Eric Tiethoff | Production Coordinator |
| Production | Dieke van Waveren | Producer |
| Art | Tim Schenkl | Decorator |
| Lighting | Reinier Tweebeeke | Lighting Design |
| Camera | Rob van den Houten | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Aike Dirkzwager | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Jordi Kemperman | Assistant Director |