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Sir Ian McKellen, 85, ‘taken to hospital after falling off stage’

The accident took place during a performance of Player Kings at the Noel Coward Theatre in London.

Sir Ian McKellen has been taken to hospital after he fell from the stage during a West End performance. The Lord Of The Rings actor, 85, who is currently playing John Falstaff in a production of Player Kings at the Noel Coward Theatre, was in a fight scene when he lost his footing and fell from the stage, the BBC reported. Player Kings, a production of Henry IV, parts one and two, adapted and directed by Robert Icke, is due to move to the Bristol Hippodrome in July and will also be staged in Birmingham, Norwich and Newcastle.

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