Editing Patrick Stewart (section)

==Early life and education ==
Patrick Stewart<ref>Named after his father's army sobriquet. ''Making It So'', p.&nbsp;4.</ref> was born in [[Mirfield]] in the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]] on 13 July 1940,<ref>{{cite news|date=13 July 2010|title=Mirfield's Sir Patrick at 70 |publisher=BBC |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/bradford/hi/people_and_places/arts_and_culture/newsid_8815000/8815255.stm|access-date=13 July 2020}}</ref> the son of Gladys (née Barrowclough), a weaver and textile worker, and Alfred Stewart (1905–1980), a [[regimental sergeant major]] in the [[British Army]] [[Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)|Parachute Regiment]] during the [[Second World War]] who later worked as a general labourer and postman.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1435150/Family-detective.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1435150/Family-detective.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Family detective |first=Nick |last=Barratt |newspaper=The Telegraph|date=12 January 2007 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> He has two older brothers named Geoffrey (born 1925) and Trevor (born 1935).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dewsburyreporter.co.uk/news/local/more-local-news/mirfield-star-sir-patrick-stewart-delves-into-family-history-1-4886856|title=Mirfield star Sir Patrick Stewart delves into family history|date=2 September 2012|newspaper=Dewsbury Reporter|access-date=3 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731142537/http://www.dewsburyreporter.co.uk/news/local/more-local-news/mirfield-star-sir-patrick-stewart-delves-into-family-history-1-4886856|archive-date=31 July 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/featuredarticles/2012/who-do-you-think-you-are/patrick-stewart-36/ |title=Patrick Stewart Featured Article |date=29 August 2012 |website=TheGenealogist.co.uk |access-date=15 January 2014}}</ref><ref>Patrick Stewart – Who Do You Think You Are (UK) S09E03. Accessed 19 January 2015.</ref> He spent much of his childhood in a poor household in Mirfield, where he experienced [[domestic violence]] at the hands of his father.<ref name="back on stage">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/hardtalk/4534792.stm |title=Patrick Stewart – back on stage |work=BBC News |date=16 December 2005 |publisher=BBC |access-date=20 September 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Stewart |first=Patrick |date=27 November 2009 |title=Patrick Stewart: the legacy of domestic violence |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2009/nov/27/patrick-stewart-domestic-violence |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228022358/http://www.theguardian.com/society/2009/nov/27/patrick-stewart-domestic-violence |archive-date=28 December 2013 |access-date=8 March 2024 |work=[[The Guardian]] |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> As a result of wartime service during the [[Dunkirk evacuation]], his father suffered from [[combat fatigue]], which is now known as [[post-traumatic stress disorder|PTSD]]. Stewart said in 2008, "My father was a very potent individual, a very powerful man, who got what he wanted. It was said that when he strode onto the parade ground, birds stopped singing. It was many, many years before I realised how my father inserted himself into my work. I've grown a moustache for ''[[Macbeth]]''. My father didn't have one, but when I looked in the mirror just before I went on stage I saw my father's face staring straight back at me."<ref name="Twenty Questions">{{cite journal |year=2008 |title=Twenty Questions |journal=[[American Theatre (magazine)|American Theatre]] |issn=8750-3255 |volume=25 |issue=3 |page=96}}</ref>

Stewart attended Crowlees Junior and Infant School, a [[Church of England]]–affiliated school in Mirfield.<ref>Jenny Parkin, [http://ichuddersfield.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100localnews/tm_method=full%26objectid=13742141%26siteid=50060-name_page.html "Heartfelt hello from an old pal... Hollywood star Patrick calls after message"], in ''[[Huddersfield Daily Examiner]]'', 19 December 2003</ref> He later attributed his acting career to his English teacher there, Cecil Dormand, who "put a copy of Shakespeare in [Stewart's] hand" and told him to get up and perform.<ref name="BBC News – Star Trek star Patrick Stewart knighted at Palace">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10217872.stm |title=BBC News – Star Trek star Patrick Stewart knighted at Palace |work=[[BBC Online]] |access-date=2 June 2010 |date=2 June 2010}}</ref> He entered Mirfield Secondary Modern School in 1951, aged 11, and continued to study drama there.<ref name=mirmem>{{cite web |url=http://www.mirfieldmemories.co.uk/patrick_stewart.htm |title=Sir Patrick Stewart (Son of Mirfield) |website=Mirfield Memories}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/sir-patrick-stewart-relives-star-9647274 |title=Sir Patrick Stewart relives Star Trek days as he steps down as University of Huddersfield Chancellor |work=Huddersfield Daily Examiner |date=13 July 2015}}</ref> Around the same time, he met and befriended fellow actor [[Brian Blessed]] on a drama course in [[Mytholmroyd]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mirfieldmemories.co.uk/patrick_stewart.htm |title=Patrick Stewart |website=www.mirfieldmemories.co.uk |access-date=22 July 2016}}</ref> At the age of 15, he left school and increased his participation in local theatre. He supported himself with work as a newspaper reporter and obituary writer for the local newspaper,<ref name=stfc>{{cite video |people=[[Jonathan Frakes|Frakes, Jonathan]] |year=2005 |title=Star Trek: First Contact Special Edition DVD commentary |medium=DVD |publisher=Paramount Pictures}}</ref> but quit after one year when his boss gave him an ultimatum to choose acting or journalism.<ref name="thepsn">{{cite web |url=http://www.thepsn.org/psn/biography.asp |title=Patrick Stewart Biography |access-date=14 January 2008 |year=2007 |work=The Patrick Stewart Network |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080111093439/http://www.thepsn.org/psn/biography.asp |archive-date=11 January 2008}}</ref> According to one of his brothers, Stewart would attend theatre rehearsals when he was supposed to be in work and then invent the stories he was reporting on, or persuade other reporters to cover for him. Stewart got a job in a furniture store, that not only allowed him to attend rehearsals with little scheduling conflict, but he also found that his thespian talent was applicable, resulting him in becoming productive in sales while practising his acting technique by tailoring his sales pitch for each customer.<ref>{{cite web |last1=McKittrick |first1=Chris |title=Patrick Stewart on His Early Career Struggles and What He Learned About Acting from Working at a Furniture Store |url=https://www.dailyactor.com/film/patrick-stewart-early-career-struggles/ |website=Daily Actor |date=21 November 2013 |access-date=23 October 2023}}</ref> He also trained in [[boxing]].<ref name=stfc /> He has said that acting served as a means of self-expression in his youth.{{r|ind20030630}} Stewart and Blessed later received grants to attend the [[Bristol Old Vic Theatre School]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bigissue.com/features/letter-to-my-younger-self/5961/brian-blessed-interview-the-queen-wanted-me-to-shout-gordons |title=Brian Blessed interview: "The Queen wanted me to shout 'Gordon's Alive!'" |access-date=22 July 2016 |archive-date=30 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630202952/http://www.bigissue.com/features/letter-to-my-younger-self/5961/brian-blessed-interview-the-queen-wanted-me-to-shout-gordons |url-status=dead }}</ref> Stewart was the first person who was neither a graduate of Oxford nor Cambridge to receive a grant from West Riding Council.<ref>{{cite book|last=Stewart|first=Patrick|title=Making It So: A Memoir|year=2023|location=London|publisher=Gallery Books|page=107}}</ref>