Patrick Stewart

Synopsis

Radio broadcast. Patrick Stewart talks about finally having the opportunity to play the title role in Macbeth, some 50 years after he first memorised the play’s great speeches, and chronicles the production’s swift journey from Chichester to London to Brooklyn to Broadway. He also talks about his association with the Royal Shakespeare Company, including his appearances in productions of The Merchant of Venice, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Antony and Cleopatra and Titus Andronicus; his enthusiasm for playing Prospero in The Tempest with an American cast in Central Park and on Broadway; why he’s "finished" with certain roles and still hopes to play others yet again; and some of the plays he’s looking forward to doing in the next few years, including a nascent project wit Ian McKellen. (Downstage Center programme information). [The project with McKellen was Waiting for Godot].

Series

Downstage Centre

Language

English

Country

United States

Medium

Radio

Notes

Programme is available as streaming audio and podcast from www.americanwing.org (accessed 5/2008).

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Related items

Macbeth

Macbeth

Credits

Contributor

Horst John von Soosten; Howard Sherman; Patrick Stewart

Production Company

Name

CUNY Graduate School of Journalism

Name

XM Satellite Radio

Web

http://www.xmradio.com/ External site opens in new window

Distributor

Name

American Theatre Wing

Email

mailbox@americantheatrewing.org

Web

http://www.americantheatrewing.org External site opens in new window

Phone

212.765.0606

Fax

212.307.1910

Address

570 Seventh Avenue Suite 501
New York
NY 10018
US