Acting Shakespeare, Henceforward..., Othello

February 1987 - December 1989

Ian McKellen as Jerome in Henceforward...

"The USA tour of my solo Acting Shakespeare was a response to the failure of Wild Honey on Broadway. Henceforward... for a year in the West End was a response to my coming out as a gay man. My brief return to the Royal Shakespeare Company led back to Trevor Nunn and the familiar territory of subsidised theatrework."

— Ian McKellen, October 1999

Year Place Title/Writer Director/Role
1987 USA Tour
San Francisco, Washington DC, Princeton, LA, Baltimore, Cleveland, San Diego, Boston
ACTING SHAKESPEARE (US 1987)
From Shakespeare with commentary by Ian McKellen




1987 Playhouse Theatre
London
ACTING SHAKESPEARE (London 1987)
From Shakespeare with commentary by Ian McKellen




1988 UK
Bristol, Nottingham, Birmingham, Dublin, Belfast, Leicester, Wakefield, Edinburgh,
ACTING SHAKESPEARE (UK 1988)
From Shakespeare with commentary by Ian McKellen




1988 Delaware Theatre
Wilmington, Delaware
ACTING SHAKESPEARE (Wilmington)
From Shakespeare with commentary by Ian McKellen




1988 Piccadilly Theatre
London
Before the Act
Gay and Lesbian writers and composers


ROLE: Producer/Uncle Freddie

1988 Playhouse Theatre
London
ACTING SHAKESPEARE (London 1988)
From Shakespeare with commentary by Ian McKellen




1988 Vaudeville Theatre
London
HENCEFORWARD...
Alan Ayckbourn
ROLE: Jerome


1989 Haymarket Theatre
London
Promenaid



1989 Adelphi Theatre
London
BENT (1989)
Martin Sherman
ROLE: Max


1989 Royal Shakespeare Company
The Other Place, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon; The Young Vic,
OTHELLO
William Shakespeare
DIRECTOR: Trevor Nunn
ROLE: Iago
London Evening Standard Award - Best Actor
London Critics' Circle Award - Best Actor



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Richard III and the Royal National Theatre