<story><title>Patrick Stewart on the teacher who spotted his talent</title><url>https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/oct/13/a-moment-that-changed-me-patrick-stewart-on-the-teacher-who-spotted-his-talent-and-saved-him</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>rohansingh</author><text>What I found interesting about this was that Patrick Stewart is 81, and his highly-influential teacher who just passed was 96.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s funny how, as a student, your teacher seems like a real adult person from a completely different generation. But I guess after you fast-forward a few decades, the difference becomes pretty trivial.</text></comment>
<story><title>Patrick Stewart on the teacher who spotted his talent</title><url>https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/oct/13/a-moment-that-changed-me-patrick-stewart-on-the-teacher-who-spotted-his-talent-and-saved-him</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>debacle</author><text>If you ever want to waste a few hours of your life, travel to YouTube and watch the many  different renditions of MacBeth&amp;#x27;s soliloquy &amp;quot;Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Many of them are downright awful. Some of them have not stood up to the test of time. Stewart&amp;#x27;s is especially contemplative, and sits close to the top in my opinion:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=HZnaXDRwu84&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=HZnaXDRwu84&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ian McKellen spends about 20 minutes discussing this specific soliloquy (it&amp;#x27;s a bit pretentious, but only a bit):&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=zGbZCgHQ9m8&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=zGbZCgHQ9m8&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>