 Kevin Spacey: To teach at Oxford
The recent achievement of actor Kevin Spacey is going to enhance his glory to a great extent. This Oscar-winning actor has gladly accepted a year-long position as a theater professor at Oxford University. This bit of information has been published in the official website of the prestigious Oxford University on Friday.
Forty eight year old Kevin Spacey, who won Academy Awards in the categories of supporting actor for his role in the film "The Usual Suspects" and also lead actor in "American Beauty, has followed the footsteps of the fellow performers like Patrick Stewart, star of "Star Trek: The Next Generation."
There are eminent personalities who also have occupied the prestigious post of Oxford's Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professor of Contemporary Theater at St. Catherine's College. They include composer Stephen Sondheim, playwright Alan Ayckbourn, actress Diana Rigg and lyricist Sir Tim Rice.
"It really is an honor for me to have been invited to follow such illustrious names and take up this role at Oxford," "The university is steeped in tradition and has a great heritage in the arts, and I look forward to working with the students and staff." This statement has been forwarded by Kevin Spacey himself. While giving his statement he did not hide his excitement of being appointed to the one-year post, which would require him to give lectures, workshops and seminars at the 800-year-old university.
Professor Roger Ainsworth, the master of the college, has called Kevin Spacey "a truly international star" who "will bring an enormous wealth of talent and experience in both film and theater to bear on the role."
"He will be a huge draw for the student population of Oxford and to the wider public, too," added Ainsworth.
Since 2003 Kevin Spacey has been the artistic director of The Old Vic Theater Company in London.
Currently Kevin Spacey also has appeared in the HBO television movie titled "Recount," which centered round the hullabaloo that has been created during U.S. presidency election in the year 2000 between Al Gore and George W. Bush. Recently also he has starred in the movie thriller "21," where he has portrayed the character of MIT professor with a team of card-counting poker players who has made loads of money in the casinos of Las Vegas. |
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