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Theatre

If we offer Ian McKellan a peerage, will he promise not to inflict his King Lear on us again?

4 August 2018

9:00 AM

4 August 2018

9:00 AM

Gandalf, also known as Ian McKellen, has awarded himself another lap of honour by bringing King Lear back to London. Jonathan Munby directs. His eccentric decision to hire actors who don’t resemble their characters will baffle anyone who hasn’t studied the play in advance. The casting may be ‘colour-blind’, but the audience isn’t.

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