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Conversation: Brian Dennehy and Robert Falls

Posted by Jeffrey Brown , February 6, 2009

Brian Dennehy, Robert Falls, Eugene O'Neill...It's become one of this generation of theater's great relationships.

Actor, Dennehy, and director, Falls, have teamed up for nearly all of O'Neill's classics, including "A Long Day's Journey Into Night," which earned Dennehy a Tony Award for best actor in 2003.

Now, they're at it again, with "Desire Under the Elms," part of an ambitious six-play festival of O'Neill at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, where Falls is artistic director.

"Desire Under the Elms" is the story of some brutal realities faced by a family on a rugged New England farm. Dennehy plays Ephraim Cabot, father of three sons, who returns home with a much younger new wife. And, to put it mildly, family troubles ensue.

Falls and Dennehy joined me by phone from Chicago:

Comments

Posted:
02/ 7/09 at
01:11 PM

Fred Penrod : Good discussion. More interesting than I expected it would be. Mr. Brown's questioning stimulated them to talk at length and in detail. Well done.
Posted:
02/ 8/09 at
11:43 PM

Jim : Just fell into this interview by chance. I played darts with Brian years ago in Santa Monica and I have followed his work over the years, but I never seem him on stage because I live in the west coast. Your program inspired me to look into Eugene O'Neil. Thank you for a great program
Posted:
02/11/09 at
08:55 PM

Dusty : Dennehy is such a classic actor, iconic in his own way -- capable of any role, the lead or supporting, heroic or deceitful. what a great, real, old school actor... nice piece...

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