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Interview series. Jeremy Isaacs interviews Ian McKellen about his acting career and his life as a gay man.
Television arts series presented by Melvyn Bragg. Ian McKellen talks to Melvyn Bragg about his life and career. This is McKellen’s fourth visit to the South Bank Show and this programme includes extracts...
Ian McKellen talks to Gil Klein about playing Shakespearean roles in the theatre, and about gay and lesbian movements in Great Britain.
US late night talk and variety show hosted by Tom Synder. May Angelou and Ian McKellen are the guests. McKellen speaks of his role in the film RICHARD III and the nature of costuming and historical accuracy;...
Television arts documentary. When Ian McKellen joined the National Theatre in 1984, he was asked by The South Bank Show to keep an audiotape diary of his experiences as an actor over the next twelve months....
Podcast. Second part of an episode in which Sir Ian McKellen talks to Barbara Bogaev about Shakespeare. Here he discusses playing Macbeth opposite Dame Judi Dench in 1979 (qv) and his 1995 film version of...
A videorecording of Ian McKellen’s one man show, ‘Acting Shakespeare’. In two parts: 1 (60 min): McKellen talks about his career as a Shakespearean actor and about Shakespeare’s life and writing,...
Using an interactive format created by BT, online education partner of the National Theatre, the website gives audiences (and particularly young people who are studying Richard III as part of the national...
Radio programme. Ian McKellen celebrates Shakespeare’s birthday with Professor Marjorie Garber, F. Murray Abraham and Sting.
Podcast. Sir Ian McKellen talks to Barbara Bogaev about Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Most recently he played the title role in Sean Mathias’ 2021 gender-, race-, and age-blind production at the Theatre Royal...
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