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Simon Russell Beale Reveals Bowel Cancer, Plans Swift Stage Return

The diagnosis explains his sudden exit from a Hampstead Theatre Titus Andronicus run.

Overview

  • Beale disclosed the illness on Wednesday at The Delaunay in London, confirming a bowel cancer diagnosis.
  • He said doctors found the cancer during a hospital stay after he finished filming HBO’s House of the Dragon.
  • The announcement clarifies why he left the Hampstead Theatre production of Titus Andronicus two weeks before its September opening.
  • John Hodgkinson replaced him in the title role after the late withdrawal.
  • He said he will resume performing next week as narrator for Greg Doran’s summer puppetry tour of Shakespeare’s Venus and Adonis.