Arise, Sir Jean-Luc Picard

[scooterscot]

Make it so

I wish I'd been able to see Sir Patrick Stewart (sounds weird, that) in Waiting for Godot earlier this year - I haven't seen the play since a production at the Oxford Playhouse in 1981, but as soon as I heard that he and Sir Ian McKellen were to appear I could imagine what a cracking show it would be. The critics all seemed to think so. Serves me right for taking a gig outside London

Anyway, a well-earned honour IMHO

They'd stay next door to my wife's house in Bath when they were playing in town, Ian even gave us a pair of tickets for the stalls! I sheet you not...


PS: the story aint all that it's just got two really fantastic actors...

[Platypus]

please stop rubbing it in.

It's nigh on impossible to get tickets for anything he's in, as all the bl**dy trekkies nab the tickets first.

A Trekkie, moi ?

There are quite a few email lists you can get on to get advance notice of what shows are on.

Anyway, I doubt most Trekkies are even slightly interested in Shakespeare. And thank God that any who are don't call out "make it so" etc during the performance

[Board Game Geek]

A Trekkie, moi ?

There are quite a few email lists you can get on to get advance notice of what shows are on.

Anyway, I doubt most Trekkies are even slightly interested in Shakespeare. And thank God that any who are don't call out "make it so" etc during the performance

I think that would be ace !

Imagine Patrick Stewart doing a serious monologue in something like Henry V, and then at a key moment turning to a fellow actor to give him orders and saying "Make it so !", followed by a wink to the audience.

I'm sure all would be forgiven ! Even the non-trekkies would have a giggle !

[Zippy]

I think that would be ace !

Imagine Patrick Stewart doing a serious monologue in something like Henry V, and then at a key moment turning to a fellow actor to give him orders and saying "Make it so !", followed by a wink to the audience.

I'm sure all would be forgiven ! Even the non-trekkies would have a giggle !

I don't hold with those 'modern' Shakespeare productions

[Doggy Styles]

I don't hold with those 'modern' Shakespeare productions

Except when ladies are running around semi-naked, like the Twelfth Night production I watched in the summer.

I definitely hold with those.

[thunderlizard]

I wish I'd been able to see Sir Patrick Stewart (sounds weird, that) in Waiting for Godot earlier this year

It was pretty good. The only consolation I can offer is: if you imagine what it would have been like, you probably have an accurate picture.