McKellen as Lear

[gurdymonkey]

For any who are notwith trystbat , who passed this on earlier today. Before he was Gandalf, before he was Magfercrissakesneto, Sir Ian McKellen was better known for this sort of thing.*
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/episodes/king-/introduction/475/  Check your local PBS schedule for local air times on and after March 25.

*In fact, I was privileged to attend his one man Broadway show, "Acting Shakespeare" back in the early 80's and lucky enough to do so from the third row orchestra. Yes, that was a very long time ago, but I remember it was pretty amazing. Here's a clip from Sir Ian's website, featuring his take on Bottom's dream.   http://www.ianmckellen.org/aws/

Comments

[ladycelia.livejournal.com]

Gad, he was so young!

[gurdymonkey.livejournal.com]

Even then I recall thinking, "He has a face like a fist." In a good way, that is.

[danabren.livejournal.com]

Entirely off-topic. I presume you know about this, but just in case...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_Day

We don't need no steenkin' day!

[gurdymonkey.livejournal.com]

I didn't actually. Besides, EVERY day is Monkey Day in my world.