{"id":104645,"date":"2018-02-08T06:19:26","date_gmt":"2018-02-08T11:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=104645"},"modified":"2018-02-08T06:19:26","modified_gmt":"2018-02-08T11:19:26","slug":"ian-mckellens-king-lear-to-play-in-londons-west-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2018\/02\/08\/104645-ian-mckellens-king-lear-to-play-in-londons-west-end\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian McKellen&#8217;s King Lear to play in London&#8217;s West End"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_31422\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31422\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/mckellenkinglear.jpg\" class=\"no-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-31422 size-full no-lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/mckellenkinglear.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"211\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31422\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">McKellen in an earlier RSC production of Lear<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"intro\">Ian McKellen has called it his &#8216;last big Shakespeare part&#8217; &#8211; and now you have another chance to see it! Last year&#8217;s high acclaimed Chichester Festival Theatre production of <em>King Lear<\/em> will play at London&#8217;s Duke of York&#8217;s theatre, (which happens to be the theatre where McKellen made his West End debut, 54 years ago), from 11th July this summer.<\/p>\n<p>You can read more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.londontheatre.co.uk\/theatre-news\/news\/ian-mckellen-to-play-king-lear-in-londons-west-end-this-summer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jonathan Munby&#8217;s production here<\/a>. Sir Ian <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IanMcKellen\/status\/961525761286041601\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted this morning<\/a> about the 100 show run. 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