I was Ian McKellen's understudy " I know how he must feel after his accident
Sir Ian prides himself on never missing a performance. I too fell off stage in a version of Henry IV and was taken to hospital " I didn't want to go in case my understudy was better than me I was deeply sorry to learn of Sir Ian McKellen's accident, falling off the stage of the Noel Coward theatre in London on Monday night while playing Falstaff in Player Kings. After following him across the world as his understudy …