Noel Coward theatre, LondonMutating from head criminal in a gothic thriller to slippery music hall entertainer, showman McKellen has centripetal force in Robert Icke's slick, modern dress production It is a wonder that among Ian McKellen's great, long roster of Shakespearean roles, he has not taken on the corpulent comic antihero of the Henry IV dramas before now. He makes a radically moving Falstaff in Robert Icke's…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24PM on April 11, 2024