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Video Clips
"Midsummer Night's Dream" Documentary aired in Russia in June 1994. These clips were provided by
Oksana, and were translated into English by Olga (Below clips). Thank you! They include the two musical numbers
previously posted as 'White Nights Festival.'
Clip 01 - Introduction and 'Mason' speaks to 'Eden'
Clip 02 - First Interview
Clip 03 - White Nights Festival Preparations
Clip 04 - Lane sings 'It's Never Easy' (also posted under music concert videos)
Clip 05 - Santa Barbara Montage
Clip 06 - 'Mason' speaks to 'C.C.'
Clip 07 - Second Interview
Clip 08 - Lane sings 'All I Need' (also posted under music concert videos)
"Midsummer Night's Dream" Documentary aired in Russia in June 1994. These clips were provided by
Oksana, and were translated into English by Olga (Below clips). Thank you! They include the two musical numbers
previously posted as 'White Nights Festival.'
Clip 01 - Introduction and 'Mason' speaks to 'Eden'
Clip 02 - First Interview
Clip 03 - White Nights Festival Preparations
Clip 04 - Lane sings 'It's Never Easy' (also posted under music concert videos)
Clip 05 - Santa Barbara Montage
Clip 06 - 'Mason' speaks to 'C.C.'
Clip 07 - Second Interview
Clip 08 - Lane sings 'All I Need' (also posted under music concert videos)
Midsummer Night’s Dream – (During the White Nights Festival, 1994)
(Translated by Olga)
Lane talking over the telephone by the Neva River, Saint Petersburg, Russia
“Eden? It’s Mason. Is Father home? …No-no. I’m in Saint Petersburg. No, not in Florida. I’m in Saint Petersburg in Russia!
Yes, I know I should be in Santa Barbara. No. No, it’s a long story. Please call dad, I’ll explain it all to him.
****************************************
A: I do not consider myself a singer. I’m rather an actor who likes to sing. This festival is like a prize for me.
Q: But do you sing in your shows?
A: Yes, when I act in a musical I sing myself.
Q: How did you become an actor, was it an inner impulse or a chance?
A: An inner impulse. My parents were amateur actors, I grew in this surrounding and chose this profession for myself in early
youth.
Q: What do you appreciate in a woman, first and foremost?
A: Erudition, decency and a sense of humor.
Q: Who’s the head of your family?
A: In my family? I think I am… though we’re equal with my wife.
Q: Do you have many friends?
A: I’ve got many acquaintances and colleagues but few intimate friends.
Q: We’ve got a video featuring the event of ‘Santa Barbara’ being awarded an Oscar. All the actors were present there, but
you were not there for some reason.
A: I attended only one of the first ‘Emmy’ ceremonies. Usually in summer I went to Georgia Shakespeare Festival, and it
coincides with the Emmy ceremony.
Q: When you were working at the role did you try to give Mason some traits of your own character?
A: Yes. We worked together with the writers. They took into consideration my manner of speech, my love of Shakespeare and
classics, my sense of irony.
Q: What other traits did you bring into the role?
A: Well, not so many. Mason drinks much more than I do, but both of us are partial to beautiful women and good life. He tends
to think the end justifies the means.
Q: Are these your traits as well?
A: To some extent.
Q: We've just watched the episodes where Mary got killed. You had such a wonderful duet. Were you, by any chance, in love
with this actress?
A: This is one of the hazards of our work: when you work together with someone four days a week, 12 hours per day, the
dividing line between real life and the onscreen life becomes very thin. It helps the show, the acting but creates many
problems in real life.
Q: You did not play the role of Mason up to the end, there was another actor cast in the role, wasn't there?
A: I did it for five years. At the same time I was busy with lots of other things: theatre, music, and I got very tired. I played Don
Quixote in ‘Man of La Mancha’ musical… When I quit I started a round-the-world trip, I traveled for 7 months.
*************************************************
Lane talking over the telephone by the Neva River:
“Dad? It’s Mason. Yes I know I must be there. No. No. I’m in Saint Petersburg… no, not in Florida. Dad, I’m in Russia!.. It’s a
very long story. I was traveling… I was late for changing planes in Frankfurt… Yes, well, on the flight from Paris they served
excellent wine. Yes, dad, I… yes, I fell asleep!
“Dad… dad! Okay, I’ll try to fly back as soon as possible. I… I’ve hired a translator – well, I do not understand a single word in
Russian. Dad, you don’t believe me again… I’ll buy a ticket and fly back immediately. I’ll prove everything to you when I’m
home… wait a minute, I’ll call someone… a minute - Valera! Come here! Say "Hello!" to my father…Say "Hello, CC!"
"Hello, Mr. C! It's Russia, and Mason's here! We're in Saint Petersburg! - It's a joke, friends!"
*************************************************
Interview with Valery Zakhariev (Mason’s Russian voice)
V.Z.: At this meeting, I’d like to give the laurels that I think I do not deserve, because many people watch the soap, they like
Mason – so I want to, these laurels, maybe not all, but share them with you.
L.D.: If I did not have a good Russian voice I would not be as popular and would not be known so well. Say, do beautiful
Russian girls approach you in the street?
V.Z.: Not long ago I gave an interview to ‘Natalie’ magazine, and they showed me three bags with letters addressed to me.
Actually it was not a very hard job, I was just following your acting, your intonations, the flow of your thought. At least I was
trying to do so. Say, was it the main thing in your life at the time?
L.D.: It took up a big part of my life, maybe the biggest part, as to my career. But in 6 months after I quit I had my first baby,
then the second. So the experience of Santa Barbara is still alive.
V.Z.: Lane, I’ve got one more serious question. Say – I understand that success brings a lot, but it has always seemed to me
that the only thing it does not give is true friends, for some reason it… it takes something away.
L.D.: It depends. It has lots of niceties... I think your best friends are the people you were friends with before you’ve become a
success.
V.Z.: Lane, one more acute topic. I know you’re a director and work at the theatre, you stage performances.
L.D.: As most actors, I started with playing and then took up directing. Little by little, I organized my own company. Our theatre
is one hour drive from Los Angeles. Now it’s taking up all my time. We’re getting ready to move into an art center, around $64
million has been invested there. We have not had a permanent stage for 6 years, now we’re going to have a new theatre near
Los Angeles.
V.Z.: And now, say something to your fans yourself.
L.D.: The first thing I’d like to say is that my impressions of Saint Petersburg and its citizens have surpassed my best
expectations. I think that Saint Petersburg is the gem of Europe, and I think it will happen very soon that it will surpass Paris
and Venice that are famous for their beauty.
(Translated by Olga)
Lane talking over the telephone by the Neva River, Saint Petersburg, Russia
“Eden? It’s Mason. Is Father home? …No-no. I’m in Saint Petersburg. No, not in Florida. I’m in Saint Petersburg in Russia!
Yes, I know I should be in Santa Barbara. No. No, it’s a long story. Please call dad, I’ll explain it all to him.
****************************************
A: I do not consider myself a singer. I’m rather an actor who likes to sing. This festival is like a prize for me.
Q: But do you sing in your shows?
A: Yes, when I act in a musical I sing myself.
Q: How did you become an actor, was it an inner impulse or a chance?
A: An inner impulse. My parents were amateur actors, I grew in this surrounding and chose this profession for myself in early
youth.
Q: What do you appreciate in a woman, first and foremost?
A: Erudition, decency and a sense of humor.
Q: Who’s the head of your family?
A: In my family? I think I am… though we’re equal with my wife.
Q: Do you have many friends?
A: I’ve got many acquaintances and colleagues but few intimate friends.
Q: We’ve got a video featuring the event of ‘Santa Barbara’ being awarded an Oscar. All the actors were present there, but
you were not there for some reason.
A: I attended only one of the first ‘Emmy’ ceremonies. Usually in summer I went to Georgia Shakespeare Festival, and it
coincides with the Emmy ceremony.
Q: When you were working at the role did you try to give Mason some traits of your own character?
A: Yes. We worked together with the writers. They took into consideration my manner of speech, my love of Shakespeare and
classics, my sense of irony.
Q: What other traits did you bring into the role?
A: Well, not so many. Mason drinks much more than I do, but both of us are partial to beautiful women and good life. He tends
to think the end justifies the means.
Q: Are these your traits as well?
A: To some extent.
Q: We've just watched the episodes where Mary got killed. You had such a wonderful duet. Were you, by any chance, in love
with this actress?
A: This is one of the hazards of our work: when you work together with someone four days a week, 12 hours per day, the
dividing line between real life and the onscreen life becomes very thin. It helps the show, the acting but creates many
problems in real life.
Q: You did not play the role of Mason up to the end, there was another actor cast in the role, wasn't there?
A: I did it for five years. At the same time I was busy with lots of other things: theatre, music, and I got very tired. I played Don
Quixote in ‘Man of La Mancha’ musical… When I quit I started a round-the-world trip, I traveled for 7 months.
*************************************************
Lane talking over the telephone by the Neva River:
“Dad? It’s Mason. Yes I know I must be there. No. No. I’m in Saint Petersburg… no, not in Florida. Dad, I’m in Russia!.. It’s a
very long story. I was traveling… I was late for changing planes in Frankfurt… Yes, well, on the flight from Paris they served
excellent wine. Yes, dad, I… yes, I fell asleep!
“Dad… dad! Okay, I’ll try to fly back as soon as possible. I… I’ve hired a translator – well, I do not understand a single word in
Russian. Dad, you don’t believe me again… I’ll buy a ticket and fly back immediately. I’ll prove everything to you when I’m
home… wait a minute, I’ll call someone… a minute - Valera! Come here! Say "Hello!" to my father…Say "Hello, CC!"
"Hello, Mr. C! It's Russia, and Mason's here! We're in Saint Petersburg! - It's a joke, friends!"
*************************************************
Interview with Valery Zakhariev (Mason’s Russian voice)
V.Z.: At this meeting, I’d like to give the laurels that I think I do not deserve, because many people watch the soap, they like
Mason – so I want to, these laurels, maybe not all, but share them with you.
L.D.: If I did not have a good Russian voice I would not be as popular and would not be known so well. Say, do beautiful
Russian girls approach you in the street?
V.Z.: Not long ago I gave an interview to ‘Natalie’ magazine, and they showed me three bags with letters addressed to me.
Actually it was not a very hard job, I was just following your acting, your intonations, the flow of your thought. At least I was
trying to do so. Say, was it the main thing in your life at the time?
L.D.: It took up a big part of my life, maybe the biggest part, as to my career. But in 6 months after I quit I had my first baby,
then the second. So the experience of Santa Barbara is still alive.
V.Z.: Lane, I’ve got one more serious question. Say – I understand that success brings a lot, but it has always seemed to me
that the only thing it does not give is true friends, for some reason it… it takes something away.
L.D.: It depends. It has lots of niceties... I think your best friends are the people you were friends with before you’ve become a
success.
V.Z.: Lane, one more acute topic. I know you’re a director and work at the theatre, you stage performances.
L.D.: As most actors, I started with playing and then took up directing. Little by little, I organized my own company. Our theatre
is one hour drive from Los Angeles. Now it’s taking up all my time. We’re getting ready to move into an art center, around $64
million has been invested there. We have not had a permanent stage for 6 years, now we’re going to have a new theatre near
Los Angeles.
V.Z.: And now, say something to your fans yourself.
L.D.: The first thing I’d like to say is that my impressions of Saint Petersburg and its citizens have surpassed my best
expectations. I think that Saint Petersburg is the gem of Europe, and I think it will happen very soon that it will surpass Paris
and Venice that are famous for their beauty.