Eyebrows were raised over the casting for the young Prince of Denmark, but it could give the play new life At first it seems preposterous. Aged 81, Ian McKellen has announced he is to play Hamlet. Who knows what age he will be when Sean Mathias' production is finally able to open at the Theatre Royal Windsor? We think we know how old Hamlet is at the end of Shakespeare's play. The not altogether reliable gravedigger …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:54AM on June 28, 2020