Richard III and the Royal National Theatre
January 1990 - September 1992
Richard Eyre was now artistic director of the Royal National Theatre. Under his guidance, I flung myself into the rigours of acting, producing and touring at home and abroad, aided by two of the brightest young directors, Deborah Warner and Sean Mathias. — Ian McKellen, October 1999
The Plays
| 1990 | Lyttelton and Garrick London | BENT (1990) Martin Sherman | DIRECTOR: Sean Mathias ROLE: Max | |
| 1990 | Opera House Jersey, Channel Islands | ACTING SHAKESPEARE (Jersey) Shakespeare (speeches) with commentary by Ian McKellen | ||
| 1990 | Library Theatre Manchester | Thespian Tendencies | ||
| 1990 | Haymarket Theatre London | CHIP IN THE SUGAR Alan Bennett from "Talking Heads" | DIRECTOR: Sean Mathias | |
| 1990 | Royal National Theatre Lyttelton London UK and World Tour: Tokyo, Nottingham, Cardiff, Leeds, Belfast, Hamburg, Milan, Paris, Cork, Cairo, Prague, Bucharest, Leipzig and Dresden, Edinburgh | RICHARD III William Shakespeare | DIRECTOR: Richard Eyre ROLE: King Richard in repertory with KING LEAR through Edinburgh | |
| 1990 | Royal National Theatre Lyttleton London UK and World Tour: | KING LEAR William Shakespeare | DIRECTOR: Deborah Warner ROLE: Kent in repertory with RICHARD III | |
| 1991 | Royal National Theatre Lyttelton London | NAPOLI MILIONARIA Eduardo De Filippo/version by Peter Tinniswoode | DIRECTOR: Richard Eyre ROLE: Gennaro | |
| 1992 | Royal National Theatre Cottesloe London | UNCLE VANYA Anton Chekov, version by Pam Gems | DIRECTOR: Sean Mathias | |
| 1992 | Royal National Theatre Lyttelton London US Tour: New York, Washington, St. Paul, Denver, San Francisco, Los Angeles | RICHARD III (1992 US Tour) William Shakespeare | DIRECTOR: Richard Eyre ROLE: King Richard |