Get ready for a Hamlet like no other. Hamlet, starring Ian McKellen, comes to UK cinemas for one night only on 27 February.

When William Shakespeare wrote Hamlet, the titular character was aged about 30, so it was always bound to provoke interest when stage and screen veteran Sir Ian McKellen was cast in the role.

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Sir Ian McKellen and cast at the curtain call during ... 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 ...

Indeed it is! Listening to Tolkien’s voice both shaped McKellen’s depiction of Gandalf, and assured him that the adaptations were in keeping with the author’s original intent. “We found a ...

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