23.07.2021 – 17:04
Perhaps, many of the great artists, would like to reinterpret a role of the first steps of the career. Maybe even the one with whom, they became famous.
One of them is Ian McKellen. He played the tragic Shakespearean prince in 1971. But now, half a century later, he returned to the role of Hamlet, with the troupe of the Royal Windsor Theater.
The photos selected by “The Guardian”, bring moments from the show of the past and the present.
At 82, Ian McKellen as Hamlet (photo: Tristram Kenton / The Guardian)
It has been 50 years since he played Hamlet, directed by Robert Chetwyn (photo: Trinity Mirror / Mirrorpix / Alamy Stock Photo)
In 1971, Susan Fleetwood played Ophelia alongside McKellen (photo: Donald Cooper / Alamy)
“I do not believe I was good,” he said of Hamlet in 1971 (photo: Donald Cooper / Alamy)
In Shakespeare’s tragedy, Hamlet is at most 30 years old (photo: George Wilkie / The Observer)
“The new show is a way to understand how much we need to see what we hear,” said the veteran actor (photo: Tristram Kenton / The Guardian)
The new show was directed by Sean Mathias with the cast that played at Anton Chekhov’s Cherry Orchard (photo: Tristram Kenton / The Guardian)
Ben Allen (left) and Horace (photo: Tristram Kenton / The Guardian)
Alis Wyn Davies (left) as Ophelia (photo: Tristram Kenton / The Guardian)
Jonathan Hyde plays Claudine and Jenny Seagrove is Gertruda (photo: Tristram Kenton / The Guardian)
Lee Newby is the set designer while Loren Elstein is the costume designer (photo: Tristram Kenton / The Guardian)
Ashley D Gayle (left) and Alison Halstead (right) play in-game play (photo: Mark Brenner)
An actress, Frances Barber, plays Pollon (photo: Tristram Kenton / The Guardian)
“It’s exciting to direct a show that asks more questions than it answers,” says Mathias (photo: Tristram Kenton / The Guardian).
