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[I]n the theatre, life is happening now. That's Falstaff's first word: "Now!" It's not reported life, it's life right there.
— Ian McKellen
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Notes from Wikiquote McKellen, at the age of 84, was rehearsing his role as Sir John Falstaff for a stage production (Player Kings) combining Shakespeare's two Henry IV plays.
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