Sir Ian McKellen’s theatre show, Player Kings, has been postponed for another day due to his fall from the stage. The actor fell in pain and called for help during the show at the Noël Coward theatre in London. Sir Ian was performing in a fight scene when he seemed to lose his footing. The play was canceled, and he was taken to hospital.
Producers of the show stated that Sir Ian was recovering well and would perform again once he was ready. Tuesday’s show had been cancelled, and it had been hoped that the show would resume for Wednesday’s matinee performance. The show will now return on Thursday. The play’s London run is scheduled to end on Saturday before going on tour to Bristol, Birmingham, Norwich and Newcastle.
An earlier statement revealed that following a scan, the NHS had assured the show’s producers that the Tony award-winning actor “will make a speedy and full recovery, and Ian is in good spirits”. The producers also thanked doctors in the audience who helped the actor. Sir Ian’s previous Shakespeare credits include roles as Richard II, Coriolanus, Iago, Richard III, King Lear, and Macbeth.
He is also set to star as Hamlet in a new film adaptation directed by Sean Mathias. His on-screen credits include Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit trilogies, Magneto in the X-Men movies, Beauty and the Beast, The Da Vinci Code, and Mr. Holmes. Five years ago, the actor was forced to cancel a King Lear show at London’s Duke of York theatre after sustaining a leg injury
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