Editing Kevin Spacey (section)

==== 1981–1986: Career beginnings in theatre ====
Spacey's first professional stage appearance was as a [[spear carrier]] in a [[New York Shakespeare Festival]] performance of ''[[Henry VI, Part 1]]'' in 1981.<ref>{{cite web|last=Spacey|first=Kevin|url=http://www.kevinspacey.com/theatre/item/henry-iv-part-one/|title=Henry IV Part One|website=kevinspacey.com|access-date=October 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171103185058/http://www.kevinspacey.com/theatre/item/henry-iv-part-one/|archive-date=November 3, 2017}}</ref> The following year, he made his first [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] appearance, as Oswald in a production of [[Henrik Ibsen]]'s ''[[Ghosts (play)|Ghosts]]'', starring [[Liv Ullmann]] and director [[John Neville (actor)|John Neville]], which opened at the [[Eisenhower Theater]] in Washington's [[Kennedy Center]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Richards |first1=David |title='Ghosts' in a New Age |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1982/07/20/ghosts-in-a-new-age/19b9383d-668f-4c2f-b5bb-211ffffd8437/ |access-date=March 28, 2022 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=July 20, 1982 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ghosts |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/ghosts-4181 |website=Internet Broadway Database |access-date=October 19, 2021 |archive-date=January 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220130/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/ghosts-4181 |url-status=live }}</ref> He then portrayed Philinte in [[Molière]]'s ''[[The Misanthrope]]''. In 1984, Spacey appeared in a production of [[David Rabe]]'s ''[[Hurlyburly]]'', in which he rotated through each of the male parts (he would later play Mickey in the [[Hurlyburly (film)|film version]]). Next came [[Anton Chekhov]]'s ''[[The Seagull]]'' alongside [[David Strathairn]] and [[Colleen Dewhurst]]. In 1986, Spacey appeared in a production of ''[[Sleuth (play)|Sleuth]]'' in a [[New Jersey]] [[dinner theatre]].<ref name="cornucopia">{{cite magazine |first=Pat |last=Cerasaro |url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/FLASH-FRIDAY-A-Kevin-Spacey-Cornucopia-Stage-Big-Screen-Small-Screen-NOW-20140502 |title=Flash Friday: A Kevin Spacey Cornucopia — Stage, Big Screen, Small Screen & Now |magazine=Broadway World |location=New York City |date=May 2, 2014 |access-date=November 15, 2015 |archive-date=November 17, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117020616/http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/FLASH-FRIDAY-A-Kevin-Spacey-Cornucopia-Stage-Big-Screen-Small-Screen-NOW-20140502 |url-status=live }}</ref>