September 1997 - September 1998
Royal National Theatre
| "Richard Eyre asked me back to the National
Theatre for his final production as artistic director - a new play that was scheduled to
transfer to a West End Theatre. That offer conflicted with another more attractive one
from his successor. "I was particularly excited by Trevor Nunn's plans for a NT company of actors, playing for extended periods with its own repertoire. Initially I was to be in three productions, one of them a long-awaited new play by a major British dramatist. This did not materialise. Nor did the permanent company. Meanwhile I became the only actor to have worked at the National Theatre for all four of its artistic directors." — Ian McKellen, October 1999 |
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The Plays
| 1997 |
Royal National Theatre Olivier Theatre London |
AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE (London)
Henrik Ibsen, version by Christopher Hampton |
DIRECTOR: Trevor Nunn ROLE: Dr. Tomas Stockmann | |
| 1997 |
Royal National Theatre Olivier Theatre London |
PETER PAN
J. M. Barrie |
DIRECTOR: John Caird ROLE: Mr. Darling/Captain Hook | |
| 1998 |
Royal National Theatre Ahmanson Theater Los Angeles |
AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE (Los Angeles)
Henrik Ibsen, version by Christopher Hampton |
DIRECTOR: Trevor Nunn ROLE: Dr. Tomas Stockmann |