Patrick Stewart: The Unauthorized Biography

Summary

 * From the jacket cover
 * He has a powerful presence that commands respect, yet he's been called insecure and egotistical. He can be funny, enchanting and warm one minute, and short-tempered and unfriendly the next. He has graciously granted interviews, and stormed off the set of Good Morning America.


 * He is Patrick Stewart, the Shakespearean actor who rose to superstardom on Star Trek: The Next Generation. Now for the first time, here is the intimate, uncensored story of the man behind Captain Jean-Luc Picard.


 * Read about:


 * His violent childhood at the hands of an alcoholic father.
 * The love affair that destroyed his 25-year marriage.
 * The years spent as a critically acclaimed, but struggling Shakespearean actor – and why he took minor, forgettable roles in grade B movies.
 * Behind the scenes of Star Trek: The Next Generation where he earned a reputation as a moody, tantrum-throwing prima donna.
 * The role the producers originally wanted him to play.
 * His stormy relationship with Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry over the creative development of the Captain Picard character – and his role in Paramount Pictures's subsequent power struggle.
 * The true story of what really went on behind-the-scenes between Stewart and William Shatner on the movie set of .
 * How intensive psychological therapy has finally rescued him from "40 years of emotional agony."

Contents

 * Authors' Note and Acknowledgments
 * Prologue: All Good Things...
 * Yesterday's Nightmares, Tomorrow's Dreams
 * From Shakespeare to Star Trek
 * Promotion to Captain
 * Power Struggle
 * A Piece of the Action
 * Dissatisfaction Guaranteed
 * All the World's a Stage
 * New Directions
 * The Fullest Living
 * From First Love to Sex Symbol
 * Action and Romance
 * The Final TV Voyage
 * Generations Gap
 * Finally Out of Uniform
 * Epilogue: Full Circle
 * Notes and Sources