Sonnet 80 arrives on the eve of my 80th birthday. #ASonnetADay pic.twitter.com/iqkUcAXSEM
— Patrick Stewart (@SirPatStew) July 13, 2020
Back in March, Sir Patrick Stewart posted something on Instagram. It was a video of him reading Shakespeare’s sonnet, and the post quickly went viral. Delighted by the response to his video, Stewart decided to post another video the next day, this time reading Shakespeare’s Sonnet 1.
"When I was a child in the 1940s, my mother would cut up slices of fruit for me (there wasn't much) and as she put it in front of me she would say, 'An apple a day keeps the doctor away,'" tweeted Stewart. "How about, 'A sonnet a day keeps the doctor away?' So, here we go: Sonnet 1."
Ever since then, the legendary actor has been posting videos of himself reading Shakespeare’s sonnets, and just a few days ago he managed to work his way up to Sonnet 80, which was pretty significant to him, because the next day (July 13) would be his 80th birthday.
The rest of his readings can be found on his Twitter feed, along with the glorious news that he's started work on a memoir.
Heartwarming.
(Image Credit: Patrick Stewart/ Twitter)
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He's 80?!!!! Darn, it means that I'm getting old too....
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