Acting Shakespeare
On Stage (1977-1990)
"McKellen offers a dazzling mixture of anecdote, analysis and
impersonation."
Performances:
ACTING SHAKESPEARE
28
August 1977
St. Cecilia's Hall
Edinburgh
ACTING SHAKESPEARE
(1982 tour)
18
April 1982
Tour
Spain, France, Cyprus, Israel, Poland, Romania: Amherst College,
USA.
ACTING SHAKESPEARE
(British Council 1983 Tour)
24
January 1983
Europe and Israel
Lisbon, Madrid, Nicosia, Haifa, Tel Aviv, Rehovot, Jerusalem
ACTING SHAKESPEARE
(US 1983)
05
December 1983
Westwood Playhouse (LA); Ritz (NYC)
Los Angeles; New York
ACTING SHAKESPEARE
(US 1987)
03
February 1987
USA Tour
San Francisco, Washington DC, Princeton, LA, Baltimore, Cleveland,
San Diego, Boston
ACTING SHAKESPEARE
(UK 1988)
20
March 1988
UK
Bristol, Nottingham, Birmingham, Dublin, Belfast, Leicester,
Wakefield, Edinburgh, Manchester, Sussex, Cardiff, London
ACTING SHAKESPEARE (Milan)
20 May 1990
Piccolo Teatro
Studio
Milan, Italy
On Television (1982)
"A must-see for Bard watchers."
In commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Folger Shakespeare Library, the IBM Corporation presented over the Public Broadcasting System, a ninety-minute videotape of "Ian McKellen Acting Shakespeare"
Recorded in front of a live audience at
CBS Television studio 41,
530 W 57th St, New York, NY on
3-4 November 1981
Transmitted:
26 April 1982
On DVD (2010)