Ian McKellen's next project, 'The Player Kings', will be a new London production of Robert Icke's adaptation of 'Henry IV Part 1 and Part 2,' which McKellen has described as his last great stage ambition.
The play follows Henry IV's son Hal as he ascends from drunken layabout to monarch, with Falstaff as his best friend and chief enabler.
McKellen's choice to work with Robert Icke shows his ambition and desire for this production to be a fitting grand finale to his illustrious career.