Making It So: A Memoir by Patrick Stewart - Star Trek Actor Biography & Memoir - Hardback

Details. Condition: New. Format: Hardback. ISBN: 9781398512948. Publisher: Gallery UK. Age Range: Adult. Overview. Making It So is the long-awaited memoir from Sir Patrick Stewart, the actor whose commanding stage presence and iconic screen roles have captivated audiences for six decades. This brand-new hardback edition traces his journey from a difficult childhood in Yorkshire to the Royal Shakespeare Company and on to global fame as Captain Jean-Luc Picard and Professor Charles Xavier. Written with warmth, wit and honesty, it is a Sunday Times bestseller and a must-read for fans of theatre, film and television alike.. About the Book. In this candid and richly detailed memoir, Patrick Stewart looks back on a career built through graft, talent and a fierce love of performance. He recounts his hardscrabble beginnings in the north of England, an often turbulent home life, and the teachers and mentors who first pointed him toward acting. Stewart's forty-plus years with the Royal Shakespeare Company are explored in detail, including celebrated turns in Hamlet and The Tempest, alongside his acclaimed one-man adaptation of A Christmas Carol. The book then follows his transformation into a global icon through Star Trek: The Next Generation and the X-Men films, offering behind-the-scenes stories from both franchises as well as his more unexpected comedic roles in American Dad!, Ted, Extras and Blunt Talk. Throughout, Stewart reflects with characteristic honesty on fame, family, activism and the choices that shaped his extraordinary life. Praised by fellow performers and writers including Sir Ian McKellen, Whoopi Goldberg and Michael Chabon, Making It So is both an insider's account of a life in performance and a genuinely moving personal story, told in Stewart's own elegant and engaging voice.. An intimate, first-hand account from one of Britain's most celebrated stage and screen actors. Covers six decades of career highlights, from Shakespeare to Star Trek and X-Men. Inclu