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jacey
Patrick Stewart reads his own memoir, starting with his childhood in WW2 Mirfield, his war damaged dad, his hardworking mum and the kind of innocent exploits that boys got up to. His love of theatre developed early with school and am-dram productions and though he tried jobs in journalism and shop-work he eventually secured a place at drama school in Bristol. This takes us through his early days in walk-on parts - the disappointments and highlights until he finally achieved his ambition of joining the Royal Shakespeare Company before Star Trek called. He doesn't dwell on details of his first two (eventually) failed marriages and his happy third one except to intertwine them with the progress of his acting career. You probably need to be a fan to enjoy this, but I am, so I did.
