
From Shylock to Shakespeare himself: Patrick Stewart on stage – in pictures
As the actor turns 80, we look back at some of his performances, including Macbeth, Malvolio and a role as the Bard of Stratford
Main image: Patrick Stewart as Shakespeare in Bingo at the Young Vic Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The GuardianMon 13 Jul 2020 01.00 EDT
1970: As Launce during rehearsals for Robin Phillips’ production of The Two Gentlemen of Verona for the Royal Shakespeare Company, London Photograph: Evening Standard/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter1976: As Larry Slade with Ian Holm (Hickey) in the RSC’s The Iceman Cometh by Eugene O’Neill at the Aldwych theatre, London Photograph: Donald Cooper/Alamy
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter1977: As Oberon in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford Photograph: Donald Cooper/Alamy
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter1981: As Titus Andronicus with Leonie Mellinger (Lavinia) in John Barton’s production with the RSC in Stratford Photograph: Donald Cooper/Alamy
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter1997: Rehearsing with Ron Canada (Iago) for Othello in Washington DC Photograph: Carol Rosegg/AP
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter2001: In Johnson Over Jordan at West Yorkshire Playhouse Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The Guardian
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter2003: As Halvard Solness with Sue Johnston (Aline Solness) in The Master Builder at the Albery theatre, London Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The Guardian
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter2005: Joshua Jackson and Patrick Stewart in A Life in the Theatre at the Apollo, London Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The Guardian
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter2006: As Mark Antony in Antony and Cleopatra at the Swan theatre, Stratford Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The Guardian
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter2006: As Prospero in The Tempest at the Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The Guardian
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter2007: As Malvolio with Scott Handy (Sir Andrew Aguecheek), Paul Shelley (Sir Toby Belch) and Christopher Patrick Nolan (Fabian) in Twelfth Night at Chichester Festival theatre Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The Guardian
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter2007: As Macbeth at the Gielgud theatre, London Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The Guardian
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter2008: As Claudius with David Tennant (Hamlet) in Hamlet by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Courtyard theatre, Stratford Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The Guardian
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter2009: As Vladimir with Ian McKellen (Estragon) in Waiting for Godot at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, London Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The Guardian
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter2011: As Shylock in The Merchant of Venice (Scott Handy plays Antonio) with the RSC in Stratford Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The Guardian
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter2012: As William Shakespeare in Bingo at the Young Vic Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The Guardian
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