This documentary features sir ian mckellen on acting in the plays of shakespeare. Visit ian mckellens personal website, with full biography and thousands of photos including lord of the rings, xmen, hobbit and da vinci code. Mckellen s work spans genres ranging from shakespearean and modern theatre to popular fantasy and science fiction. Ian mckellen seeks to demystify shakespeare with new app. Every film director is faced with a dilemma that stems from formal differences. The show starts with gandalf and will probably end with an invitation to act with me on stage. Cecilias hall, edinburgh, uk before touring it all over the world and adapting it for the television as ian mckellen. They include photos of judi dench as viola in twelfth night, ian mckellen as a young. Ian mckellen on stage in acting shakespeare photo by james.
Ian mckellen on coming out, religion, and shakespeare. Sir ian mckellen attends the launch of bfi presents shakespeare on film at bfi. He is widely respected for his talent and has won a raft of awards as well as being nominated for 2 academy awards. Ian mckellen tommaso moro di william shakespeare sub ita. The first episode is released this friday, february 21, 2020, featuring ian mckellen. After reading english at cambridge, i worked in regional civic theatre in all sorts of plays. Maron confessed he had trouble understanding shakespeare, and mckellen suggested moran may have not yet heard shakespeare spoken by. Ian mckellen performer devised especially for the cultural festival of gay games iv by ian mckellen.
Sir ian mckellen official home page acting activism. This thesis examines the performances which have earned sir lan mckellen a reputation as one of. Shakespeare did not write a film script so this must be an adaptation. His career spans genres ranging from shakespearean and modern theatre to popular fantasy and science fiction. Presented by weta, washington dc, and mad photo front. Marc maron interviewed ian mckellen on the wtf podcast. Thousands of photos of rsc shows go online royal shakespeare. Find highquality ian mckellen stock photos and editorial news pictures from getty images. Heuristic shakespeare the tempest is the first of 37 new apps to help students better. Mckellen told the audience he had just put together the show for this particular evening it came a few days after the shakespeare theatre company bestowed its will award upon him, though, at the least, it was an evolution of his previous oneman shows, acting shakespeare and a knight out. No mans land and waiting for godot were produced on broadway by stuart thompson and nomango productions. For the 1984 broadway engagement, mckellen received the drama desk award for outstanding oneperson show.
Check out the following example to learn how video interviews can simulate the feeling of real conversations. Ian mckellens favourite shakespeare roles on film film. Sir ian murray mckellen ch cbe born 25 may 1939 is an english actor. Shakespeare s history plays penguin critical studies by cwrd moseley penguin 1988. Ian mckellen, alone on stage, with no props or scenery, performs monologues from shakespeare and discusses some of his plays. The music of ian mckellen reciting shakespeare hear. I was a bit of an odd man out going into acting, but my mother had said, before she died when i was 12, that she wouldnt mind if i was an actor because she. Ian mckellen on stage with tolkien, shakespeare, others.
Then download photos free of charge for personal use, education use or. Human beings, reflects sir ian mckellen in joe stephensons winsome new doc mckellen. Im celebrating my 80th birthday by touring a new solo show to theatres i know well and a few that i dont. Ian mckellen spooner estragon has been honoured with more than 40 international awards for his performances on screen and stage. Romeo and juliet may have set a multiplecentury precedent for starcrossed and primarily heterosexual love stories, but at least one. Download premium images you cant get anywhere else. British actor ian mckellen in china for shakespeare on film. Its not yourself you offer to the world, but part of yourself. Sir ian mckellen in shakespeare long, hilary edith w 2000. Ian mckellen just quoted shakespeare to make a strong point about immigration. He is the recipient of six laurence olivier awards, a tony award, a golden globe award, two academy award nominations, four bafta nominations and five emmy award nominations. Tony awardwinner ian mckellen returns to public television in his highlyacclaimed, oneman show, ian mckellen acting shakespeare, which will encore saturday, january 15 over pbs. Sir ian mckellen is a british born actor who has been working in the industry for over 40 years. Sir ian mckellen dishes on fame and dame judi dench the.
The material which was available in the foyer of birminghams repertory theatre and mentioned on stage during the production was today attacked as corrupting filth. Extraordinary stories 2019 what do you noh about macbeth. Sir ian mckellen actor twice nominated for the oscar, and recipient of every major theatrical award in uk and us, ian mckellen is widely regarded as one of the worlds finest actors. His career spans genres ranging from shakespearean and modern theatre to. Actor ian mckellen performs scenes from shakespeare s plays and reads selections from the sonnets, with supporting lecture material on the linguistic and cultural background of shakespeare s work and. Sir ian mckellen dishes on fame and dame judi dench. Shakespeare on film, as part of the british councils shakespeare lives a major programme of events and activities celebrating shakespeare s work in the 400th anniversary year of his death. Richard pryor on eddie murphy and his comedy heroes the dick cavett show duration. It is an amazing play with amazing actors, especially ian mckellen as lear. The entire point of the show is to teach you tools to approach shakespeare s words. Ian mckellen, in full sir ian murray mckellen, born may 25, 1939, burnley, lancashire, england, british actor of great versatility, noted for his work with the royal shakespeare company and for his eclectic filmography mckellen attended st.
Ian mckellen to host london bus tours for shakespeare film. Ian mckellen gives a master class on acting shakespeare. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Trust me the intro is cheesy but the content is amazing. Ian mckellen topped the stage 100 as the most influential person in theatre this year and boasts one of the most extraordinary, longlasting careers in theatre. The students know ian mckellen as gandalf from the lord of the rings and the hobbit trilogies, but he is in his guise here of a gifted shakespearean actor of the royal shakespeare company giving his insights into acting shakespearean roles and the ways in which shakespeare can still communicate with the modern world. English actor ian mckellen on a moped with lplates in london uk 25th january 1970. These days, sir ian mckellen is best known for playing characters in bigbudget cgi films such as gandalf in the lord of the rings, or magneto in the xmen, but once, not so long ago, when he was just a plain mister, mckellen was to be found giving incredible performances on tv in the likes of tom stoppards play every good boy deserves favor, where he played an imprisoned dissident. He was born in 1939 and raised in the industrial north of england. Ian mckellen gebore 25 mei 1939 is n engelse akteur en skrywer. Richard iii is a 1995 british drama film adapted from william shakespeare s play of the same name, starring ian mckellen, annette bening, jim broadbent, robert. Acting shakespeare jan 19, 1984 feb 19, 1984 starring.
His grand grand father on his mother side, robert lowes had been an active member of a institution, that campaigned to get half of a day holiday on fridays for workers of industrial age in manchester in 1890s. Ian mckellens one man show, television show, and dvd. Playing shakespeare the way the pros do it playing shakespeare, a 1984 series in which actors dissect some of the bards most famous works, shows how crucial an understanding of shakespeare. Anyway, with the help of an aid to the written work, i was able to view the dvd more fruitfully and very good it was too. Mckellen has had a long association with the royal shakespeare company, and richard iii is his best shakespearean performance on screen. Ian mckellen s favourite shakespeare roles on film. The leaflets entitled sex education were on show during selfconfessed homosexual ian mckellen s oneman acting shakespeare show on sunday april 24. Ian will launch shakespeare on film at shanghai international film festival on june. Ian mckellen recita il discorso di tommaso moro scritto da william shakespeare. Patrick stewart, ian mckellen, judi dench, and ben kingsley are some of the actors that the show features acting out shakespeare. Ian mckellen announces oneman theatre tour around uk to. You could say that sir ian mckellen is an actor who lives and breaths shakespeare. Have you ever wanted to ask sir ian mckellen about shakespeare s richard iii. This film of the multiawardwinning production of king lear by the royal shakespeare company was itself nominated for an emmy.
He is the recipient of six laurence olivier awards, a tony award, a golden globe award, a screen actors guild award, a bif award, two saturn awards, four drama desk awards, and two critics choice awards. Usually, in film, you are inventing in the moment but she was remembering. Worldrenowned actor ian mckellen will visit china for bfi presents. He was knighted by the queen in 1990 for his services to drama. Acting shakespeare is a oneman show of shakespearean monologues interspersed with theatrical anecdotes devised and performed by ian mckellen. The trevor project honored sir ian mckellen june 15 with the trevor hero award at trevorlive new york for his ongoing support of the lgbtq community. Catharines college, cambridge, where as a student actor he was often directed by john barton, later of the royal shakespeare company.
Before he took on a few etiquette questions, the veteran actor talked about his storied career, playing the real sherlock holmes, and why dame judi dench is a naughty, naughty girl. Mckellen first performed the recital in scandinavia in 1980 and later performed it throughout the world. When he played bolingbroke to ian mckellen s richard in a 1960s prospect production, west discovered a play divided between his character and the king and learned that mckellen. For the 1984 broadway engagement, mckellen received the drama desk award for outstanding oneperson show and a tony. Introduced to the bard when he was only eight, mckellen says that he was riveted by the idea of people standing. The fellowship of the ring 2001, the lord of the rings. Alone on stage, with no props or costumes, distinguished and celebrated actor ian mckellen performs some of the most striking monologues from shakespeares. Let us know some of your favorite ian mckellen films in the comments. Ian mckellen celebrity profile check out the latest ian mckellen photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures. These questions and more make up seven stages, the new podcast from the stage, sponsored by audible. Having tackled shakespeare s works on stage and screen, ian mckellen will host bus tours of locations used in his movie adaptation of richard iii as. How faithful is the 1978 film of macbeth with ian mckellen.
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