Ian McKellen Back in West End
By Paul Webb, www.lastminute.com/theatrenow
26 Feb 2003
Sir Ian McKellen makes areturn to the English
stage in Strindberg's Dance of Death, a play in which he co-starred
opposite Helen Mirren in New York last year.
McKellen's major roles have included Max in Martin Sherman's harrowing play
Bent and Salieri in Peter Shaffer's Amadeus. He has also
performed two well-received one-man shows, Acting Shakespeare and
A Knight Out.
He now returns to the West End in Strindberg's theatrical masterpiece
Dance of Death. Strindberg created,
in Dance of Death, a 25 year-old marriage well past its sell-by date.
Living in what they both term their "Little Hell," Edgar, a soldier, and
Alice, a former actress, have the possibility of a sort of salvation when a
figure from their past reappears. Will they be saved or will he join them in
their 'hell'?
McKellen was showered with accolades for his performance in Dance of
Death on Broadway. In London he plays opposite Frances de la Tour,
herself last seen on the Avenue in Coward's Fallen Angels, where she
starred opposite Felicity Kendal. They are joined by Owen Tearle, recently
seen in the title role of Chekhov's Ivanov at the National.
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