[Interview with John Mahoney about Steppenwolf’s The Dresser]

Actor John Mahoney is interviewed about his role in the Steppenwolf production of The Dresser, which ran from September 16 - November 14th, 2004. Synopsis from Steppenwolf: "In Britain during the Blitz, a traveling theater company prepares to perform King Lear while Sir (John Mahoney), the actor in the title role, is spiraling into madness. Sir’s devoted dresser, Norman (Tracy Letts), would do anything to help lift his fallen monarch for one last stage triumph. The tragicomedy by Ronald Harwood, the Oscar-winning writer of The Pianist, is performed on an innovative set by Santo Loquasto, a long-time collaborator with Woody Allen. With a cast assembled of some of Chicago’s most esteemed actors, Steppenwolf’s The Dresser is a hilarious and heartbreaking tale of life in the theater performed by those who’ve spent a life in the theater."

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0:09Copy video clip URL Mahoney talks about playing the role of a classically-trained Shakespearean Actor in England during World War II in one of the plays he was involved with. 

4:01Copy video clip URL Mahoney talks about being in some of his early acting positions as an “ensemble cast member”.

11:27Copy video clip URL Mahoney talks about some of his most fond production memories. 

11:46Copy video clip URL Mahoney mentions that he is a Veteran. 

13:29Copy video clip URL Mahoney talks about even after moving around – he’s staying in Chicago to live. 

13:49Copy video clip URL Mahoney talks abut how after one final then-upcoming event, he wouldn’t walk to “get in front of a camera again”.

18:40Copy video clip URL The footage ends. 

 

 

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