WHERE IT ALL BEGAN FOR PATRICK STEWART
Patrick Stewart was born on July 13, 1940 in Mirfield, England. Born the son of a career soldier ,he was raised in, to use his own words, "a very poor and very violent household," movies were a means of escape, and this led him to develop an interest in acting and the rehearsals gave him legitimate excuses to get out of the house in the evenings.
A member of various local drama groups from about age 12, He dropped out of Mirfield Secondary Modern School at the age of fifteen, with only the minimum education requirement.
After leaving school at the age of 15, Patrick worked as a junior newspaper reporter on a local paper, His slipshod reporting ultimately led to a confrontation with his editor, who demanded that the aspiring newshound either cease pursuing his " amateur theatricals," or quit the paper.He spent to much time at the Library Theater and other venues, and not enough working."he quit". The seventeen year old departed vowing to forge for himself a successful career as a professional actor, a pledge he now claims he made "only to annoy the editor of the newspaper. Then he became a furniture salesman, saving money to attend drama school.He had developed an impressive vocabulary and a knack for writing during his off and on school years.
He was accepted by Bristol Old Vic Theater School in 1957.
Library
Theatre
Bristol Old Vic Theater School
Patrick in Christmas Carol
Patrick as Shylock
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Bristol Old Vic Theatre School Patrick Stewart was in good company at this , one of the most prestigious theatre schools in the world. Out of this Theatre School came dozens of award-winning performers: Jeremy Irons and Daniel Day-Lewis (Best Actor Oscars); Miranda Richardson (Golden Globe); Joanna Riding (Olivier Best Actress); Simon Cadell (Olivier Best Actor); and Jane Lapotaire (Emmy and others) to name but a few. Many more Bristol-trained performers are household names, familiar faces on stage or screen, or recognisable voices on radio - among them Peter Baldwin, Brian Blessed, Tim Pigott-Smith, Greta Scacchi, and Gene Wilder. started their careers at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School Even those whose lives took a different direction testify to the value of what they learned at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School: about themselves, about other people, about skills, about life. This is where it all began in ernest for Patrick, his love of the theatre and a skill he would hone to perfection ,in the years that followed. |
Patrick made his first public appearances on stage as walk-ons in productions of 'As You Like It' and 'Cyrano de Bergerac'. Patrick won his first speaking part at the age of nineteen, in the role of Morgan in a 1959 production of 'Treasure Island'. The emerging thespian forged ahead to work with repertory companies in Manchester and Liverpool. Touring with the London Old Vic Theater Company during 1961 and 1962, he appeared alongside legendary actress Vivien Leigh in productions of Alexandre Dumas' Lady of the Camelias and Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night'. In 1966 he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, winning his first widespread critical acclaim as Hippolito in the production of 'The Revenger's Tragedy'. |
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Over the course of the next 20 years Patrick earned a reputation as one of the brightest lights in British theater. Though the section of his dedicated to feature film. and television credits was slower to expand, what screen performances he did give, came to be regarded as highly as his stage performances, particularly in the case of his roles in BBC mini series, in the Roman historical epic 'I, Claudius' and 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' and 'Smiley's People'. But it was a literary reading given in 1987 that brought Patrick to the attention of producer Robert Justman, a long time associate of Gene Roddenberry who was instrumental in helping the actor land the role of Captain Jean-Luc Picard. Worshipful Trekkies were initially incensed at the notion of Englishman inheriting the bridge of the Enterprise from no nonsense macho Jim Kirk, but Patrick "the voice" gradually won "us" over. |
Patrick has won numerous acting awards, he was presented with the "Best Solo Act on Broadway" in 1992, nominated for an Emmy in 1994 and a Screen Actors Guild Award for his portrayal of Captain Picard. London Fringe Theatre Best Actor Award 1986 for his portrayal of George in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf", New York Theatre Critics Drama Desk Award for Best Solo Performance 1993 A Christmas Carol at the Broadhurst, and 2 Laurence Olivier Awards for Best Entertainment and Actor 1994 for "A Christmas Carol" at the Old Vic. Best Dramatic Actor of the 80's by TV Guide 1993), and in 1993 was nominated for a Grammy for his LP-recording of "A Christmas Carol. Best Actor in the , Family Film Awards for Oscar Wilde's "The Canterville Ghost," Nominated for an Emmy in 1998 for Moby Dick, |
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" During his seven years on Star Trek, Patrick remained true to the stage. and a great fear of being type cast in his Trek image, as other actors had been , he managed to merge the two skills, stage and "Star Trek Icon" . As Captain Jean-Luc Picard, on the Star Trek series Star Trek: The Next Generation. Patrick knew next to nothing about the legacy he stood to inherit from that most revered Starship Captain. The veteran thespian was so convinced his character would soon get the axe that he kept his belongings packed, and lived out of a suitcase during his first six weeks on the job. By the time Paramount took The Next Generation off the air after seven very successful seasons. Patrick's face and "the voice" were among the most recognizable on television. Since departing the small screen, Patrick has made several lauded returns to theatre career. As well as three The Next Generation box office hit movies . |
To finish this page of Patrick Stewarts theatre work, albeit a brief account. I would like to try and explain to Patrick for the day he may stumble into my page.!! The passion I have about Star Trek and its concept of a better world ahead of us , is not unlike the passion you have for your acting and Shakespeare. I watch it nearly every evening, I learn a lot and have these wonderful actors I call my friends, remember always, that being in Star Trek ,and your great acting skills, then introduced us to your theatre skills, and the "Bard" In other words, without your years on Star Trek, we would never have known of your "many talents" I noticed at Two years into the Star Trek series that you were, "and I use my words here' ,"Too great an actor to become type cast". Mr. Stewart, don't mind me calling you Patrick I am much older than you :) "LONG LIFE AND HAPPINESS MY FRIEND" . |
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Patrick As King
Henry Pt2
Patrick As Oberon
THESE ARE JUST "SOME" OF PATRICK STEWART'S THEATRE CREDITS
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Role |
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| 1959 | Treasure Island |
Morgan |
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| 1960 | Twelfth Night |
Orsino |
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| 1961 | As You Like It |
Charles |
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| 1961 | Twelfth Night |
Second Officer |
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| 1962 | Twelfth Night |
Orsino |
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| 1963 | Henry V |
Henry V |
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| 1963 | Summertime |
Alberto |
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| 1964 | Dr Angelus |
Dr Angelus |
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| 1964 | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
Oberon |
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| 1965 | Galileo |
Galileo |
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| 1965 | The Merchant of Venice |
Shylock |
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| 1966 | The Revenger's Tragedy |
Hippolito |
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| 1966 | Henry IV - Part 1 |
Sir Walter Blunt |
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| 1966 | Henry IV Part 2 |
Mowbray |
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| 1967 | As You Like It |
Duke Senior |
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| 1967 | The Taming of The Shrew |
Grumio |
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| 1968 | King Lear |
Duke of Cornwall |
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| 1968 | Troilus and Cressida |
Hector |
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| 1969 | Much Ado About Nothing |
Boracchio |
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| 1969 | Troilus and Cressida |
Hector |
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| 1970 | King John |
King John |
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| 1970 | Richard III |
Edward IV |
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| 1970 | The Tempest |
Stephano |
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| 1971 | The Balcony |
Roger |
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| 1971 | Occupations |
Kabak |
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| 1972 | Antony and Cleopatra |
Enobarbus |
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| 1972 | Titus Andronicus |
Bassianus |
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| 1973 | Antony and Cleopatra |
Enobarbus |
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| 1973 | Julius Caesar |
Cassius |
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| 1973 | Titus Andronicus |
Aaron |
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| 1974 | Uncle Vanya |
Astrov |
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| 1975 | Hedda Gabler |
Eilert Lovborg |
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| 1976 | The Iceman Cometh |
Larry Slade |
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| 1977 | Bingo |
Shakespeare |
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| 1977 | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
Oberon |
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| 1978 | Antony and Cleopatra |
Enobarbus |
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| 1978 | Hippolytus |
Theseus |
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| 1978 | The Merchant of Venice |
Shylock |
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| 1979 | Antony and Cleopatra |
Enobarbus |
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| 1979 | The Merchant of Venice |
Shylock |
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| 1981 | Titus Andronicus |
Titus Andronicus |
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| 1981 | Two Gentlemen of Verona |
Eglamour |
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| 1981 | The Winter's Tale |
Leontes |
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| 1982 | Henry IV - Part 1 |
Henry IV |
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| 1982 | Henry IV - Part 2 |
Henry IV |
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| 1982 | The Winter's Tale |
Leontes |
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| 1983 | Body and Soul |
Alexander Grant |
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| 1986 | Yonadab |
Yonadab |
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| 1987 | Shylock: Shakespeare's Alien |
All |
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| 1987 | Uneasy Lies The Head |
All |
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| 1987 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
George |
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| 1988 | A Christmas Carol |
All |
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| 1989 | A Christmas Carol |
All |
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| 1991 | A Christmas Carol |
All |
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| 1992 | A Christmas Carol |
All |
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| 1992 | Every Good Boy Deserves Favour |
The Doctor |
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| 1993 | A Christmas Carol |
All |
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| 1994 | A Christmas Carol |
All |
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| 1995 | The Tempest |
Prospero |
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| 1997 | Othello |
Othello |
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| 2000 | The Ride Down MT. Morgan |
Lyman Felt |
Hello Old friend :):):)
