Kevin Spacey, the American actor and artistic director of London's The Old Vic Theatre, has been named as the next Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professor of Contemporary Theatre at Oxford University.
Mr Spacey, who succeeds the actor Patrick Stewart, said: "It really is an honour for me to have been invited to follow such illustrious names and take up this role at Oxford."
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