Kevin Spacey gets Edwin Booth Lifetime Achievement Award
By ANIThursday, January 13, 2011
LONDON - Kevin Spacey has been honoured with the Edwin Booth Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to the arts at a special gala in Manhattan Monday.
The actor - who has worked as artistic director of The Old Vic Theatre Company in London since 2003 -was guest of honour at The Players Club event, where he was presented the award by his ‘The Ref’ co-star Denis Leary.
The award is named after the club’s founder, actor Edwin Booth, who created The Players in 1888.
“The Players Foundation for Theatre Education is an organisation devoted to promoting the arts and its ability to enrich lives,” the Daily Star quoted John Martello, executive director of The Players, as saying in a statement.
“Kevin’s work thus far as an actor, director, producer, singer, patron of the arts, and educator is the embodiment of everything Edwin Booth did and the Players Foundation and the Club still do strive to represent,” Martello added. (ANI)
