Kevin Spacey received a standing ovation for his rendition of a Shakespeare monologue during a lecture he was invited to on cancel culture.
Kevin Spacey received a standing ovation on Monday night during a surprise appearance at a University of Oxford lecture where he performed a scene from William Shakespeare’s “Timon of Athens.”
The Oscar-winning actor, who was acquitted of sexual assault charges by a U.K. jury in July, came to the event honoring the late conservative philosopher Roger Scruton, according to Variety.
In a clip from the event, The Spectator associate editor Douglas Murray introduced Spacey at the Sheldonian Theatre. He discussed how students could learn more about cancel culture from Shakespeare’s work.
‘In an era of cancellation and defenestration, we sometimes forget that we both cannot go on like this and that we have been here before.
