Falstaff

Are they going to leave me one day?’

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Sir Ian McKellen plays Falstaff in Player Kings – Rii Schroer When Gregory Doran asked Ian McKellen to play Falstaff for the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2014 production of Henry IV, he declined. “I told Greg the role was too hard,” says McKellen, “and I wasn’t sure if I would feel fat enough inside if I … Read more

Joss Ackland obituary

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There was something grand, grand and encompassing about the actor Joss Ackland, who has died at the age of 95. He was a fixture in British films for decades and a stalwart of the Old Vic, the Royal Shakespeare Company – playing Falstaff in the opening RSC production of Henry IV, parts one and two, … Read more