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Patrick Stewart found 'Star Trek' fame but always returned to Shakespeare and the stage
The Royal Shakespeare Company star built a six-decade stage career and won an Olivier Award, while fans and colleagues praised his return to Shakespeare.
- London's West End theaters plan to dim their lights next Tuesday in memory of Patrick Stewart, who died Wednesday in Los Angeles, aged 86.
- Stewart was a core member of the Royal Shakespeare Company for 15 years from 1966, appearing in more than 40 productions across supporting and starring roles.
- When offered the Star Trek role, actor Ian McKellen warned him to 'think of your stage career' rather than risk 'getting lost in Hollywood.' McKellen later said, 'Well, he took the risk.'
- In 2009, Stewart and McKellen starred in Samuel Beckett's 'Waiting for Godot' and later in Harold Pinter's 'No Man's Land,' both directed by Sean Mathias.
- During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Stewart recorded Shakespeare's sonnets at his California home for social media. He told the BBC that finding people wanting to discuss the work was 'so satisfying.
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Patrick Stewart found 'Star Trek' fame but always returned t
LONDON (AP) — Before he captained the Starship Enterprise, Patrick Stewart commanded the Shakespearean stage. And it was the stage to which he returned time and again, even after “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and “X-Men” made
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