Robert Icke will direct Ian McKellen as John Falstaff in Player Kings, adapted by Icke from William Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2. Further casting to be announced.
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This play, commissioned at the behest of Queen Elizabeth I, wasn t one of Shakespeare s finest. But the actors in this Seattle production really make it sing.