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A wonderful article about Patrick Stewart<\/a>, who is coming to New York in February and March – in a production of Macbeth<\/i> which ran to sold-out houses last year on the West End (Kate – was this the production where you, in your ancien regime<\/i> costume, and white curly powdered wig, tried to peek in on the rehearsal, only to be busted totally by the stage manager: “Uhm, yeah. You totally aren’t allowed in here.” I love that story) – Stewart’s “Macbeth” got him some of the best reviews of his career.<\/p>\n But the article is an overview of his whole career. Terrific. The bit about him lecturing the cast of Lots of wonderful things in the essay though – the anecdote at the end – of him walking through the night, saying “the role” of Macbeth out loud to himself, making realizations, connections … Goosebumps.<\/p>\n Patrick Stewart says, in regards to working on Shakespeare:<\/p>\n “And that is part of the greatness of this dramatist, that he taps into something which is entirely human. You feel him reaching out his hand and saying to you as an actor, \u00e2\u0080\u0098Come on, it\u00e2\u0080\u0099s easier than you think.\u00e2\u0080\u0099 \u00e2\u0080\u009d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n I have tickets to the production at the end of February – and I’m psyched to see it.<\/p>\n (Here’s a link to the article again<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A wonderful article about Patrick Stewart, who is coming to New York in February and March – in a production of Macbeth which ran to sold-out houses last year on the West End (Kate – was this the production where … Continue reading