Ian McKellen, 85, in hospital after falling off stage
Sir Ian McKellen is currently playing John Falstaff in a production of Player Kings (Matt Crossick/PA) (PA Archive)
Sir Ian McKellen has been hospitalized after falling off stage during a performance of Player Kings at a theatre in London.
The BBC reports that the 85-year-old actor was in a fight scene when he slipped and fell from the stage of the Noël Coward theatre. He cried out in pain as staff rushed to help.
The show was cancelled and the audience was asked to leave.
Player Kings, a new version of Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Parts One and Two, has been at the theatre since April.
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