The actor, who plays Ser Simon Strong in the Game of Thrones spin-off House of the Dragon, withdrew from the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production two weeks before its run at the Hampstead Theatre in London back in September.
However, Beale has now revealed that he was rushed off to hospital after finishing work on House of The Dragon and was diagnosed with colon cancer soon after.
During an event at The Delaunay restaurant in London this week, the actor explained (via The Times): "I've decided to tell everybody. It’s a really good production for those of you who didn’t see it, it’s a fantastic production, it really was."
"So the last eight months have been, well it’s been a bit tricky actually, it’s a bore obviously, but it’s also tricky dropping out of things, which I’ve never done before".
The actor went on to reveal that he's set to narrate Greg Doran's staging of Shakespeare’s Venus and Adonis on its UK tour this summer.
Alongside Beale as narrator, the production will incorporate a team of puppeteers and live musical accompaniment.
View oEmbed on the source websiteA statement from the RSC and Hampstead Theatre at the time explained: "Unfortunately, due to ill health, Simon Russell Beale has had to step back from the RSC/Hampstead Theatre production of Titus Andronicus to give him time to recover.
"Simon Russell Beale wishes John and the company all the very best for the run."
On stage, he has appeared in numerous Shakespearean productions including The Tempest, Much Ado About Nothing, Macbeth and Twelfth Night.
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