Sir Patrick Stewart – A sonnet a day

To his fans delight, since March 22, Sir Patrick Stewart has been a reciting a sonnet a day for his Instagram followers, while they are stuck inside during the novel coronavirus pandemic lockdowns. Stewart started out with Sonnet 116 and, “delighted by the response,” the noted Shakespearean actor pledged to to undertake the full collection in order. As published in Lithub, 26 March 2020. 

The celebrity response to coronavirus has been a real mixed bag—lots of house tours, plenty of unsolicited songs, a soupçon of dangerous misinformation—but we’ve also seen some genuinely delightful cultural contributions. For instance, noted Shakespearean Sir Patrick Stewart’s pledge to recite all of Shakespeare’s sonnets, one each day, on his Instagram account.

A celebrity freely offering some lovely, soothing culture from squarely within his own lane? You’ll love to see it.