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Sir Ian McKellen, 84, sports a jazzy Casablanca green coat and long beard as he celebrates West End show Player Kings' rave reviews at after party
The actor, 84, showed off his sense of style at the Player Kings after party at St Martin's Lane in London on Thursday, after treading the boards in the new West End play.
The actor, 84, took to the stage at the Noel Coward theatre earlier in the evening as John Falstaff in the production, directed by Robert Icke - and received rave four star reviews from critics for his 'boundless energy' and 'showmanship'. Even so, an unmistakable aura of elegy and mortality hangs over his largely delightful and affecting turn as old Jack Falstaff, who, with his shaggy beard and wispy white hair, inevitably recalls Gandalf but has a gargantuan belly and little of the wizard’s wisdom. With a running time of three and three-quarter hours – Icke’s slick modern-dress adaptation streamlines the two plays into one – Player Kings tests the stamina of audience and actors alike and while we lesser mortals might flag, McKellen’s boundless energy – not to mention line-learning capacity – is continually astounding.
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