Ian McKellen has withdrawn from the national tour of a Shakespearean production after falling off the stage during a performance. The veteran stage actor had been playing Falstaff in Player Kings, a production combining parts one and two of Shakespeare's Henry IV, adapted and directed by Robert Icke, at London's Noel Cöward Theatre. Judging by the initial BBC report of the incident, McKellen lost his footing dur…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:02PM on July 1, 2024