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With
the start of Johnson Over Jordan at West Yorkshire Playhouse on
Tuesday, a number of press interviews and articles about Patrick and the
play have appeared this week as follows:
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| On Thursday 20th September
at Leeds Civic Hall, Patrick will receive an honorary degree from Leeds
Metropolitan University for his work in theatre, film and television.
Read more about the event at the Thisisleeds.co.uk and icHuddersfield.co.uk Thanks to Sue Ellrod as ever |
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| Patrick's recently completed
adaptation of Shakespeare's King Lear, titled King of Texas, will
premiere on US television in June 2002 on the TNT network.
There's plenty more details of the production over at the TNT web site Thanks to Aline once again |
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If you're a UK fan but can't
make it to Leeds to see Patrick live on stage in September, never fear
as there's plenty of opportunity to catch him on tv in the following programmes:
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| Patrick's official fan club
web site Patrickstewart.org
has had a bit of a make over (not we hope by LLB & Carol Smilie) so
if you haven't been there for a while, why not take a look. - Thanks to
Catherine Ellis
On the Huddersfield Town football club take over front, it looks like Stewart's still keen to join the consortium if all goes well - icHuddersfield.co.uk have the latest on the story. A report from the recent Blackpool Voyager convention, which Patrick appeared unexpectedly at, has been posted at gorgeous-kate.net - Thanks to Claire out in Oz for this Patrick will be at the National
Museum of Film, Photography and Television in Bradford on Sunday
30th September as part of a retrospective of his work.
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| With
the opening of 'Johnson
Over Jordan' at West Yorkshire Playhouse now only 4 weeks away,
recent press coverage reveals that this will indeed be the first of many
theatre roles Patrick is planning to appear in over the next few years.
The choice of this little known J.B. Priestley play marks the start of a Priestley season at WYP which also includes Priestley - The Politics of Reputation on Friday 14 - Sunday 16 September. The weekend will bring together
JB's son Tom Priestley, Stewart, Jude Kelly, Roy Hattersley and others
to discuss and examine the man and his work.
Here's a list of the recent articles about Patrick, the play, and his theatre plans:
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| Fans at the recent 'Voyager
The Return' convention at Norbreck Castle in Blackpool were treated
to a surprise 'guest appearance' by Patrick on the Sunday.
He dispelled any recent net rumours that Picard would die in the next Star Trek film - due to begin filming in October - and also talked of a film appearance by fellow Trek captain Kate Mulgrew "very soon". Hollywood.com
and Empireonline
both covered this story, whilst
Thanks to Sue, Jewel and Karen for the info |
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| Always keen to promote learning
and reading amongst school and college students, Patrick was on hand recently
to open the new library
and resource centre at Garforth Community College in Leeds.
Patrick will also be helping
raise money for charity at this year's Galaxy Ball on 10 November at
the Sheration Universal Hotel in Los Angeles.
The director of Star Trek X will be Stuart Baird whose recent films have included the high action films 'US Marshals' and 'Executive Decision' . Talking of Trek the upcoming issue of 'Star Trek: The Magazine' due out in the US on 4 September has an interview with Stewart talking about his current and future plans, working with Gene Roddenberry, and Trek's 35 year anniversary. ...and on the Huddersfield Town front, looks like the take over consortium are keen to get the captain on board - see the following at ichuddersfield.com Thanks to Sue, Aline and Marie for much of the above |