The actor will share the role with Danish dancer Johan Christensen in a new production this summer
Sir Ian McKellen is to play Hamlet for the third time in his career in a production this summer at the Edinburgh fringe. McKellen, who first took on the role in 1971 and starred last year in an “age-blind” staging in Windsor, will this time share the part with the Danish dancer Johan Christensen.
The pair will perform with members of the Edinburgh Festival Ballet in the 75-minute production directed and choreographed by Peter Schaufuss and billed as a “new performance concept”.
