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“Elsinore” Debuts at Telluride, Launching London Film Fest

9/5/2026

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Andrew Scott portrays Ian Charleson in “Elsinore,” premiering at Telluride.
Simon Stone directs the biopic, which opens the London Film Festival in October.
Ian Charleson, terminally ill with AIDS, took the 1989 National Theatre Hamlet after Daniel Day-Lewis left.
Charleson died on 6 January 1990, eight weeks later, listing AIDS as his cause of death.

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Andrew Scott portrays Ian Charleson in “Elsinore,” premiering at Telluride.
Simon Stone directs the biopic, which opens the London Film Festival in October.
Ian Charleson, terminally ill with AIDS, took the 1989 National Theatre Hamlet after Daniel Day-Lewis left.
Charleson died on 6 January 1990, eight weeks later, listing AIDS as his cause of death.