January 1990 - September 1992
Richard III and the Royal National Theatre

Richard Eyre was now artistic director of the Royal National Theatre. Under his guidance, I flung myself into the rigours of acting, producing and touring at home and abroad, aided by two of the brightest young directors, Deborah Warner and Sean Mathias. — Ian McKellen, October 1999

The Plays

	1990	Lyttelton and Garrick London	BENT (1990) Martin Sherman	DIRECTOR: Sean Mathias ROLE: Max
	1990	Opera House Jersey, Channel Islands	ACTING SHAKESPEARE (Jersey) Shakespeare (speeches) with commentary by Ian McKellen
	1990	Library Theatre Manchester	Thespian Tendencies
	1990	Haymarket Theatre London	CHIP IN THE SUGAR Alan Bennett from "Talking Heads"	DIRECTOR: Sean Mathias
	1990	Royal National Theatre Lyttelton London UK and World Tour: Tokyo, Nottingham, Cardiff, Leeds, Belfast, Hamburg, Milan, Paris, Cork, Cairo, Prague, Bucharest, Leipzig and Dresden, Edinburgh UK Tour: Aberdeen, Newcastle, Bradford, Plymouth, Oxford	RICHARD III William Shakespeare	DIRECTOR: Richard Eyre ROLE: King Richard in repertory with KING LEAR through Edinburgh
	1990	Royal National Theatre Lyttleton London UK and World Tour: Tokyo, Nottingham, Cardiff, Leeds, Belfast, Hamburg, Milan, Paris, Cork, Cairo, Prague, Bucharest, Leipzig and Dresden, Edinburgh	KING LEAR William Shakespeare	DIRECTOR: Deborah Warner ROLE: Kent in repertory with RICHARD III
	1991	Royal National Theatre Lyttelton London	NAPOLI MILIONARIA Eduardo di Filippo/version by Peter Tinniswoode	DIRECTOR: Richard Eyre ROLE: Gennaro
	1992	Royal National Theatre Cottesloe London	UNCLE VANYA Anton Chekov, version by Pam Gems	DIRECTOR: Sean Mathias
	1992	Royal National Theatre Lyttelton London US Tour: New York, Washington, St. Paul, Denver, San Francisco, Los Angeles	RICHARD III (1992 US Tour) William Shakespeare	DIRECTOR: Richard Eyre ROLE: King Richard

October 1993 - June 1997
A Knight Out

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