"مثل یک بوکسور خسته، که توسط تشویق ها کتک خورده است": در اولین نمایش زندگینامه اندرو اسکات، ریچارد ایر هملت فوق العاده و نزدیک به مرگ یان چارلسون را به یاد می آورد.

‘Like a tired boxer, battered by applause’: as Andrew Scott’s biopic premieres, Richard Eyre remembers Ian Charleson’s superb, near-death Hamlet

In 1989, the Chariots of Fire actor took on the incredible task of playing Shakespeare’s prince while terminally ill from Aids. This weekend sees the world premiere of Elsinore, a new film about the episode, itself heavily-tipped for awards Ian Charleson was one of the finest actors of his generation and an important figure in the fight for gay rights. Yet the extraordinary circumstances of his final performance as…