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Mandell's association with Beckett began in 1957, with a production of ''[[Waiting for Godot]]'' at San Francisco's [[The Actors Workshop|Actor's Workshop]]. He subsequently played [[Lucky (character)|Lucky]] in a production of ''Godot'' directed by Beckett himself.<ref name= "qanda">{{cite news |last=Rampell |first=Ed |url= https://forward.com/schmooze/154576/q-and-a-actor-alan-mandell-on-samuel-beckett/ |title=Q&A: Actor Alan Mandell on Samuel Beckett |work=[[The Forward]] |date=April 11, 2012 |accessdate=June 5, 2018}}</ref> |
Mandell's association with Beckett began in 1957, with a production of ''[[Waiting for Godot]]'' at San Francisco's [[The Actors Workshop|Actor's Workshop]]. He subsequently played [[Lucky (character)|Lucky]] in a production of ''Godot'' directed by Beckett himself.<ref name= "qanda">{{cite news |last=Rampell |first=Ed |url= https://forward.com/schmooze/154576/q-and-a-actor-alan-mandell-on-samuel-beckett/ |title=Q&A: Actor Alan Mandell on Samuel Beckett |work=[[The Forward]] |date=April 11, 2012 |accessdate=June 5, 2018}}</ref> |
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Outside of Beckett, Mandell has acted in productions of [[Harold Pinter]]'s ''No Man's Land'' and [[Arthur Miller]]'s ''[[The Price (play)|The Price]]''.<ref name= "veins"></ref> In 2007 he appeared as Juror #9 in a Los Angeles production of [[Twelve Angry Men (play)|Twelve Angry Men]], directed by [[Scott Ellis]] and costarring [[Richard Thomas (actor)|Richard Thomas]] and [[George Wendt]].<ref name= "angrymen">{{cite news |last=Verini |first=Bob |url= https://variety.com/2007/legit/markets-festivals/twelve-angry-men-1200509275/ |title=Twelve Angry Men |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=March 30, 2007 |accessdate=June 5, 2018}}</ref> |
Outside of Beckett, Mandell has acted in productions of [[Harold Pinter]]'s ''[[No Man's Land (play)|No Man's Land]]'' and [[Arthur Miller]]'s ''[[The Price (play)|The Price]]''.<ref name= "veins"></ref> In 2007 he appeared as Juror #9 in a Los Angeles production of [[Twelve Angry Men (play)|Twelve Angry Men]], directed by [[Scott Ellis]] and costarring [[Richard Thomas (actor)|Richard Thomas]] and [[George Wendt]].<ref name= "angrymen">{{cite news |last=Verini |first=Bob |url= https://variety.com/2007/legit/markets-festivals/twelve-angry-men-1200509275/ |title=Twelve Angry Men |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=March 30, 2007 |accessdate=June 5, 2018}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 18:53, 5 June 2018
Alan Mandell (born Albert Mandell on December 27, 1927) is a Canadian-American actor known for playing Rabbi Marshak in the Coen Brothers' 2009 film A Serious Man. With several decades of experience as a stage actor, he is especially acclaimed as an interpreter of the works of Samuel Beckett.[1]
Albert Mandell was born to a Jewish family in Toronto in 1927.[2] He acted on stage in both Canada and the United States, building a reputation in San Francisco's theater scene in the 1950's.[3] In 1968 he legally changed his given name to Alan.[2]
Mandell's association with Beckett began in 1957, with a production of Waiting for Godot at San Francisco's Actor's Workshop. He subsequently played Lucky in a production of Godot directed by Beckett himself.[4]
Outside of Beckett, Mandell has acted in productions of Harold Pinter's No Man's Land and Arthur Miller's The Price.[3] In 2007 he appeared as Juror #9 in a Los Angeles production of Twelve Angry Men, directed by Scott Ellis and costarring Richard Thomas and George Wendt.[5]
References
- ^ Byrd, Craig (April 20, 2016). "Alan Mandell Will Finish His Stage Career the Way He Started It: with a Performance of Endgame". Los Angeles. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
- ^ a b "Alan Mandell papers, 1950-2012". Online Archive of California. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
- ^ a b McNulty, Charles (February 13, 2015). "Theater pulses in Alan Mandell's veins". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
- ^ Rampell, Ed (April 11, 2012). "Q&A: Actor Alan Mandell on Samuel Beckett". The Forward. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
- ^ Verini, Bob (March 30, 2007). "Twelve Angry Men". Variety. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
External links
- Alan Mandell at IMDb
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