Words from Ian McKellen

Our director was also reading English at St. Catharine's and had overheard my Henry V speech, while he awaited his interview with Tom Henn the previous year. Geoffrey Reeves also worked for our College dramatic society, which I never did. With "Saint's Day", we were all out of our depth. I was certainly unconvincing as a young husband, who looked young enough to be my wife's son. It was one of many experiences that made me doubt my acting ability. — Ian McKellen, December 2006

Comments and Reviews

"Ian McKellen was splendidly detached and proud in the smaller role of the elder brother" — Cambridge Daily News, 11 November 1959