Patrick Stewart - Theater Work

Patrick is currently starring as Claudius and The Ghost inHamletfor the RSC. David Tennant ofDr. Whoco-stars.Hamletran at Stratford from July 24 to November 15, 2008.Hamletwill now transfer to London's Novello Theatre for RSC's winter season for an already sold-out run from December 12, 2008 to January 10, 2009.In summer of 2007, Patrick Stewart starred in two productions at the Chichester Theatre Festival,MacBethandTwelfth Night. Both plays utilized the same cast. Patrick continued his acclaimed role inMacbethwhen the production transferred to the Gielgud theatre in the West End for a ten-week engagement in fall of 2007.MacBethcontinued its tour in USA with a six-week sold-out run in early 2008 at Brooklyn Academy of Music.MacBeththen opened on Broadway on April 8, 2008 to rave reviews and ended its limited run on May 24, 2008.In 2006-2007, Patrick Stewart returned to the Royal Shakespeare Company for the first time in 25 years. He starred in two productions as part ofThe Complete Workscycle:Antony and CleopatraandThe Tempestwhich played at Stratford-upon-Avon, Ann Arbor Michigan, Newcastle, and London's West End.Previous to RSC engagements, Patrick appeared in London's West End in December 2005 in his acclaimed one-man show,A Christmas Carolat the Albery Theatre. In early 2005, Patrick appeared in the David Mamet dramaA Life in the Theatre, co-starring Joshua Jackson, also in the West End.Patrick Stewart is an Honorary Associate Artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company, having been made an Associate Artist in 1967. With the RSC he has played such roles as King John, Shylock, Henry IV, Cassius, Titus Andronicus, Oberon, Leontes, Enobarbus, Touchstone and Launce. He has also starred in many contemporary works with the RSC, including premiere productions by Tom Stoppard, Edward Bond, Howard Barker and David Rudkin.Now an internationally respected actor known for successfully bridging the gap between the theatrical world of the Shakespearean stage and contemporary film and television, Stewart continues to demonstrate his versatility with a wide range of projects.