Ian McKellen is in good spirits after falling off the stage whereas taking part in

Actor Ian McKellen has been hospitalized however is predicted to make a fast restoration after falling off the stage throughout a efficiency of “Participant Kings” at London’s West Finish Theater on Monday night time, the play’s producers stated.

After the examination, docs in Britain’s Nationwide Well being Service stated that McKellen “will make a speedy and full restoration, and that Ian is in good spirits,” in accordance with a press release from producers.

McKellen, 85, who has been nominated for 2 Academy Awards and received a Tony, a Golden Globe and several other Olivier Awards, stars within the play, an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s “Henry IV,” directed by Robert Icke. McKellen performs John Falstaff, a fictional character who seems in three of Shakespeare’s performs.

The autumn occurred throughout a battle scene, in accordance with Alex Phillips, a BBC journalist who was within the viewers on Monday night time and described What he saw in the article.

“It occurred so shortly that initially it appeared like a part of the present,” Phillips wrote. “However the actor screamed and the employees rushed to assist.”

After the autumn, the present was canceled and the viewers left the theater. Tuesday night time’s present was additionally canceled, however McKellen is predicted to return to the stage for a matinee present on Wednesday, producers stated.

McKellen often returned to the stage to carry out in Shakespeare’s performs all through his six-decade profession, together with in recent times as King Lear and the octogenarian Hamlet. He is additionally a staple of the silver display screen, together with roles as Gandalf within the “Lord of the Rings” and “Hobbit” movies, in addition to Magneto within the “X-Males” franchise.

“Kings of players” is in its ultimate week and continues on the Noël Coward Theater via Sunday.