Sir Ian McKellen, known as one of the foremost British cultural icons, admitted that he did not “quite get” Hamnet, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For McKellen, 86, this is a stretch too far. “I don’t quite get it,” the thespian told The Times. “I’m not very interested in ...

Ian McKellen disagrees with several aspects of the film Hamnet, based on the 2020 novel by Maggie O'Farrell, which concerns itself with the life of William Shakespeare. "I don't quite get it," ...

On a visit to New York, the actor reflected on mortality and coming out, and unleashed an Elizabethan anti-ICE monologue on ...

Shakespeare expert Ian McKellen brands Hamnet ‘improbable’ fiction: ‘I don’t quite get it’ - ‘I’m not very interested in trying to work out where Shakespeare’s imagination came from, but it certainly ...

Sir Ian McKellen isn’t mincing words when it comes to Chloe Zhao’s upcoming Shakespeare drama Hamnet. In a candid interview with The Times, the legendary stage and screen actor admitted he finds the ...

A mixture of conversation and performance, this brand-new limited run - Stories, Stage & Shakespeare - was staged at Richmond Theatre for three performances only on 10 and 11 January 2026. The event ...

Chicago Shakespeare Theater welcomed more than 600 students, educators, and young people from across the Chicago area on January 29 for a free student performance of One Knight Only! Sir Ian McKellen ...

CHICAGO — The actor Sir Ian McKellen, a Shakespearean actor also known as the wizard Gandalf in all three “Lord of the Rings” films, is coming to Chicago Shakespeare Theater for a one-night benefit ...

Ian McKellen can speed through Richard III — no problem. He's also played King Lear and the Danish prince. But Chloe Zhao's Hamnet, which imagines the creative origins of William Shakespeare's Hamlet?