Stewart Spotted 'Ghost' in Godot

By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff
Posted Aug 27, 2009 4:38 AM CDT
Stewart Spotted 'Ghost' in Godot
Sir Ian McKellen poses with Patrick Stewart before reading from "The Letters of Samuel Beckett," and discussing their roles in "Waiting for Godot" in London.   (Getty Images)

Actor Patrick Stewart reported seeing a "ghost" in the wings while performing Waiting for Godot in London, reports the Telegraph. The former Star Ship Enterprise captain was apparently not up to snuff during one scene. When co-star Ian McKelllan asked him what happened, Stewart replied: "I just saw a ghost." Stage hands believe the man he spotted, in trench coat and twill trousers, was John Baldwin Buckstone, actor-manager of the Theatre Royal Haymarket in 1853.

"Patrick told us all about it," said Nigel Everett, a director of the theater. "He was stunned. I would say impressed. I think Buckstone appears when he appreciates things. We view it as a positive thing." (More Patrick Stewart stories.)

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