Het Nationale Theater (HNT) (English: The National Theater) is the main theater company of
The Hague
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in the Netherlands.
Eric de Vroedt
Eric de Vroedt (Rotterdam, 1972) is a Dutch theater director, writer and actor.
Career
After his graduation from the Arnhem School of Acting in 1996 he realized his ambition was to be a director and writer rather than an actor.
He is an establ ...
is artistic leader of the theater company.
Het Nationale Theater was created on as a merger of
Het Nationale Toneel (a theater company), the
Koninklijke Schouwburg
The Koninklijke Schouwburg (literally translated: Royal Theater or Royal Playhouse) is a theater in the city center of The Hague. The theater was built in 1766 and has been in use as theater since 1804. From 2017 it is one of the theaters in use by ...
(the national theater building) and
Theater aan het Spui (the city theater building).
These three organizations worked together for several years under the name Toneelalliantie (English: Theatric Alliance), mostly active in The Hague.
Het Nationale Theater produces and presents classic plays, modern drama and actuality based programs, as well as cabaret, dance and music theater. The company is in 2018 one of the eight major theater companies subsidized by the national government and produces both for adults and youngsters (through NTjong). It is the largest traveling theater company from the Netherlands, although the Koninklijke Schouwburg and Theater aan het Spui function as its main locations.
Actors
Het Nationale Theater has an ensemble of actors as employees, which consisted in 2017-2018 of:
* Saman Amini
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Jappe Claes
* Bram Coopmans
* Tamar van den Dop
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Sallie Harmsen
Sallie Harmsen (born May 2, 1989) is a Dutch actress having had roles in '' In Real Life'' for which she won Golden Calf for Best Actress at the Netherlands Film Festival 2008. Harmsen appeared in ''De Geheimen van Barslet'' Golden Calf for Best A ...
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Hein van der Heijden
Hein van der Heijden (born July 11, 1958 in Heerlen) is a Dutch stage, television and film actor.
Career
In 1983, Hein finished the theatre school in Arnhem.
With his graduation project he won the prize 'Friends of the theatre' for his role in a ...
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Hannah Hoekstra
Hannah Hoekstra (born August 2, 1987) is a Dutch actress.
Career
In 2010, Hoekstra graduated from the Amsterdam Theatre Academy, where she studied from 2006. During training she participated in the play ''Underground'' by director Johan Simons. ...
* Antoinette Jelgersma
* Werner Kolf
* Vincent Linthorst
* Anniek Pheifer
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Mark Rietman
Mark Rietman (born 28 November 1960) is a Dutch actor.http://www.nationaletoneel.nl/mark-rietman-p3226 He appeared in more than forty films since 1985.
Selected filmography
References
External links
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1960 births
Living people
Du ...
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Betty Schuurman
* Pieter van der Sman
* Joris Smit
* Jaap Spijkers
* Bram Suijker
* Romana Vrede
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Stefan de Walle
Stefan de Walle (born 15 September 1965) is a Dutch actor.
Career
De Walle is known for his role of ''Kees'' in the spin-off television series of the 1986 film ''Flodder'', which ran from 1993 to 1998. He also played this role in the 1995 fi ...
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Emmanuel Ohene Boafo
External links
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References
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Culture in The Hague