Ian McKellen can speed through Richard III — no problem. He's also played King Lear and the Danish prince. But Chloe Zhao's Hamnet, which imagines the creative origins of William Shakespeare's Hamlet?

Sir Ian McKellen, known as one of the foremost British cultural icons, admitted that he did not “quite get” Hamnet, the latest film by Chloé Zhao starring Paul Mescal. The veteran stage actor, who has ...

This is James Taylor with Theatre Talk. It's still two weeks until the opening night of the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of King Lear at UCLA Live, but the drama has already begun. Demand ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ian McKellen revealed that he did not quite understand Hamnet and its stance on exploring William Shakespeare’s creative origins.