AL PACINO

Receives the First-Ever

Oxford Prize

OSC director Ron Song Destro presents veteran actor Al Pacino with the first-ever Oxford Prize, an award given by the Oxford Shakespeare Company in honor of the actor’s outstanding  artistic achievements in bringing Shakespeare to the public.  The award was given to Mr. Pacino  on July 23, on the set where he is performing Shylock in Shakespeare in the Park’s production of The Merchant of Venice.

Mr. Pacino said he was very thrilled to receive this award, especially in the house that Joe Papp built.

The Oxford Prize consists of an original sculpture created by New York City artist Joe Sorge, and a one-year scholarship named in honor of the award recipient given to a promising actor to the OSC school, allowing him/her at no cost to attend classes and performance workshops.  The recipient of the Al Pacino Scholarship is New York actor Frank Franconeri, who recently performed in the OSC production of As You Like It in the OSC’s Tribeca theatre, as well as in Hyde Park, London.

The OSC will present the American Premiere of the “newly accepted” Shakespeare play DOUBLE FALSEHOOD, which in March 2010 the Arden Shakespeare editors officially attributed to William Shakespeare and John Fletcher, thereby adding it into the Shakespeare canon.

The OSC production, which runs Sept. 11-12, will be the first opportunity for New York theatre-goers to see the “new” play.

OSC Plans the

American Premiere of DOUBLE FALSEHOOD

Congratulations to OSC actor Frank Franconeri, recipient of the Al Pacino Scholarship!

photo by Roy Googin

The Oxford Prize sculpted by NYC artist Joe Sorge...

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