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Patrick Stewart: Mirfield
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Born and raised in Mirfield, West Yorkshire, Patrick Stewart took up acting at an early age. At seventeen he enrolled at the Bristol Old Vic, and two years later made his professional stage debut at the Theatre Royal, Lincoln, playing Morgan in an adaptation of Treasure Island.
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Born in Mirfield, Yorkshire, England on July 13, 1940, Stewart was performing in various drama groups by the age of twelve. After leaving school at fifteen, he went to work as a junior reporter for a local newspaper. He quit the job after being told by the paper's editor that he was spending too much time at the theatre and not enough on the newspaper and worked for a year as a furniture salesman to pay for drama school. He was accepted at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in 1957, and two years later made his professional stage debut in a production of Treasure Island.
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In 1984 Patrick returned to Mirfield and staged his one-man-show of "A Christmas Carol" to raise funds for the local Parish Church. He performed to an audience of around 200 people who each paid £2.00 for their seat. In 1991 this same show was adapted for a Broadway Show.
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