Alan Mandell, Esteemed Actor and Interpreter of Samuel Beckett Plays, Dies at 98

Alan Mandell, Esteemed Actor and Interpreter of Samuel Beckett Plays, Dies at 98

He helped stage ‘Waiting for Godot’ (and played Lucky) inside San Quentin State Prison in 1957, then assisted Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter with their recent Broadway revival.

Alan Mandell, acclaimed actor and interpreter of playwright Samuel Beckett's work, dies at 98

Alan Mandell, an acclaimed classical actor and one of the foremost interpreters of playwright Samuel Beckett‘s work, has died.

Alan Mandell, Toronto-Born Stage Actor Celebrated for Beckett’s ‘Waiting for Godot’ and the Coens’ ‘A Serious Man,’ Dies at 98

Toronto gave the world a stage actor whose career became one of the great living links to Samuel Beckett, a performer who learned the playwright’s work from the man himself and carried it to audiences for more than half a century. Alan Mandell, the Canadian-American actor acclaimed for his Beckett performances and remembered by film […]

Alan Mandell Dead: Actor, Interpreter of Samuel Beckett Plays Was 98

Alan Mandell, the distinguished stage veteran known for his interpretations of Samuel Beckett’s absurdist plays going back to a landmark 1957 production of Waiting for Godot inside San Quentin State Prison, has died. He was 98. Mandell died Tuesday of natural causes at his home in Westwood, his son, Peter Mandell, and daughter-in-law, Sarah Mandell, […]