Acting legend Ian McKellen discusses the
Robben Island Bible [around minute 28] during a long ranging interview about
his impressive range of Shakespearean performances.
Since playing Malvolio in Twelfth Night at
12 years old, Ian McKellen has acted in more than half of Shakespeare’s canon on
stages worldwide and screens large and small.
For the Royal Shakespeare Company he was
Toby Belch, Macbeth, Leontes, Romeo, King Lear and Iago; for the National
Theatre he was Coriolanus, Richard III, Kent in King Lear and Claudio in Much
Ado About Nothing; and on TV he starred as Richard II, Hamlet, Macbeth, Iago
and most recently King Lear himself.
Acting Shakespeare, McKellen’s
award-winning solo show, has been seen on stages throughout the world. Here he
shares his unique insights into the problems and joys of interpreting
Shakespeare for the theatre, television, radio and cinema.
[Shakespeare Lives @ www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03rkm2f]
