The play’s the thing: why Ian McKellen’s age-blind Hamlet is no gimmick
Ian McKellen is set to play Hamlet at Theatre Royal Windsor from June 21. Photo: Jack McGuire
Forget cries from traditionalists that casting the veteran actor is ‘inauthentic’, says David Benedict – it could be an inspired choice for one of Shakespeare’s most consciously theatrical plays
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