‘Patrick Stewart brought virile star power to the stage, from clowns to kings to wounded lions’

With his striking voice, so rich and resonant, the actor blazed through the RSC – and his time in Hollywood only enriched him. Yet he was a great team player, capable of anything, as his double acts with Ian McKellen showedPatrick Stewart, who has died aged 86, was a classic example of the company actor who becomes a star: a…