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Nelson Algren Live

2016 · Oscar Bucher · 77 min

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A performance of some of Nelson Algren's greatest and least known works, performed live at the Steppenwolf theatre in Algren's hometown, Chicago.

Willem DafoeRole1 / Frankie Machine / Role2 / Blackie Cavanaugh

Russell BanksNarrator

Barry GiffordNelson Algren KKathy ScambiatterraRose

Randall NewsomeDoc MMartha LaveySimone de Beauvoir RRick KoganStuds Terkel DDan SimonShag Donohue

Cast

Willem DafoeRole1 / Frankie Machine / Role2 / Blackie Cavanaugh

Russell BanksNarrator

Barry GiffordNelson Algren KKathy ScambiatterraRose

Randall NewsomeDoc MMartha LaveySimone de Beauvoir RRick KoganStuds Terkel DDan SimonShag Donohue

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