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Headline: UNCAPTIONED: Kevin Spacey receives standing ovation following first performance since trial
Caption: Kevin Spacey receives standing ovation following first performance since trial. The House of Cards actor appeared during a lecture on cancel culture at the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford, England and performed a five-minute scene from William Shakespeare's Timon of Athens. In the play, Timon is a wealthy man in Athens who showers his fair-weather friends with gifts, but they do not help him when his money runs out. Spacey, 64, appeared alongside conservative columnist Douglas Murray, who delivered the lecture, titled The Life and Legacy of Sir Roger Scruton. Murray told The Times that Timon of Athens was about what "happens when a society drops a person for no reason”. "It's something that has been on Kevin's mind, as it was on Roger Scruton's mind, so I said I want him to be back on stage in the UK.” The lecture was held in memory of the late philosopher Roger Scruton, who was fired as a government adviser in April 2019 after he was misquoted by the New Statesman. He was reinstated a few months later after the magazine apologised. Spacey is currently trying to rebuild his career after being faced with multiple allegations of sexual offences since late 2017. In July, he was cleared of multiple counts of sexual assault following a trial in London. He had denied all the allegations. THIS VIDEO MUST NOT BE EDITED FOR LENGTH TO COMBINE WITH OTHER CONTENT
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