Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Drama - British Award given by the London Theater Community , in recognition of professional achievements in the field of theater. It was created in 1976 and renamed in 1984 in honor of the great British actor .
| Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Drama | |
|---|---|
| Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play | |
| A country | |
| Founder | London Theater Community |
| Base | 1976 |
| The last owner | The Legacy of Matthew Lopez |
| Site | olivierawards.com |
Content
Winners and Nominees
The tables below show the names of the winners and nominees for the Laurence Olivier Award in the "Best New Drama" category.
| Icon | Value |
|---|---|
| ★ | The winning piece |
1970s
| Year | Play title | Original title of the play | Play author | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Dear Daddy ★ | Dear daddy | Denise kennan | [one] |
| "For the king and the fatherland" | For king and country | John wilson | ||
| "Funny weirdness" | Funny peculiar | Mike Stott | ||
| Old Fashioned Comedy | Old world | Alexey Arbuzov (translated by Ariadne Nicolaeff) | ||
| 1977 | "The fire that burns" ★ | The fire that consumes | Henri de Monterlan (translated by Vivian Cox and Bernard Miles ) | [2] |
| “The famous lawsuit” | Cause célèbre | Terence Rettigen | ||
| "Dusa, Fish, Stas and Vi" | Dusa, Fish, Stas and Vi | Pam gems | ||
| "The state of revolution" | State of revolution | Robert Bolt | ||
| 1978 | “Whose life is it, after all?” ★ | Whose Life is it Anyway? | Brian Clark | [3] |
| Half-life | Half-life | Julian Mitchell | ||
| Lark Rise | Lark risse | Keith Dewhurst (adaptation of Flora Thompson 's novel) | ||
| "Abundance" | Plenty | David har | ||
| 1979 | "Cheating" ★ | Betrayal | Harold Pinter | [four] |
| " Night and day " | Night and day | Tom Stoppard | ||
| "Bloody Crucifer" | The crucifer of blood | Paul Giovanni (adaptation of the story by Arthur Conan Doyle ) | ||
| “Unknown country” | Undiscovered country | Tom Stoppard (adaptation of the play by Arthur Schnitzler ) |
1980s
| Year | Play title | Original title of the play | Play author | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | "Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby" ★ | The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby | David edgar (adaptation of Charles Dickens novel) | [five] |
| "Learn from aloe" | A lesson from aloes | Atol Fugard | ||
| “Duet for a soloist” | Duet for one | Tom Kempinski | ||
| "Dresser" | The dresser | Ronald harwood | ||
| 1981 | " Children of the Lesser God " ★ | Children of a lesser god | Mark Medoff | [6] |
| "A play of passion" | Passion play | Peter Nichols | ||
| "Transfers" | Translations | Brian Friel | ||
| Quatermain Conditions | Quartermaine's Terms | Simon Gray | ||
| 1982 | “Another Country” ★ | Another country | Julian Mitchell | [7] |
| "Nothingness" | Insignificance | Terry Johnson | ||
| “Chering Cross Road, 84” | 84, Charing Cross Road | James Rus Evans (adaptation of Helen Hanff novel) | ||
| "Our friends in the north" | Our friends in the north | Peter Flannery | ||
| 1983 | Glengarry Glen Ross ★ | Glengarry glen ross | David Mamet | [eight] |
| "Sea of lies" | Pack of lies | Hugh whitemore | ||
| "The trilogy of boys with plates" | The slab boys trilogy | John Byrne | ||
| " Tales of Hollywood " | Tales from hollywood | Christopher Hampton | ||
| 1984 | "Benefactors" ★ | Benefactors | Michael Frein | [9] |
| "Master Harold ... and the guys" | Master Harold ... and the Boys | Atol Fugard | ||
| "Poppy Nongen" | Poppie nongena | Sandra Kotze and Hilary Blecher (adaptation of Elsa Jubert's novel) | ||
| "Rat in the skull" | Rat in the Skull | Ron Hutchinson | ||
| 1985 | Red Noses ★ | Red noses | Peter Barnes | [ten] |
| "Judgment Day" | Doomsday | Tony harrison | ||
| "The road to Mecca" | The road to mecca | Atol Fugard | ||
| Sentimental Song | Torch song trilogy | Harvey Firesteen | ||
| 1986 | Dangerous Connections ★ | Les liaisons dangereuses | Christopher Hampton (adaptation of the novel by Chauderlo de Laclos ) | [eleven] |
| Watch America | The american clock | Arthur Miller | ||
| "Ordinary heart" | The normal heart | Larry Kramer | ||
| "On their own" | Ourselves Alone | Ann Devlin | ||
| 1987 | Big Money ★ | Serious money | Caryl churchill | [12] |
| "Letitia and Datura" | Lettice and lovage | Peter Schaeffer | ||
| "Deception of the mind" | A lie of the mind | Sam Shepard | ||
| "Sarcophagus" | Sarcophagus | Vladimir Gubarev | ||
| 1988 | “It's good in our country” ★ | Our Country's Good | Timberlake Wertenbaker | [13] |
| "Walking through the woods" | A walk in the woods | Lee Blessing | ||
| Mrs. Klein | Mrs. Klein | Nicholas Wright | ||
| The Sacrament of Ascension | The secret rapture | David har | ||
| 1989—90 | Chasing the Demon ★ | Racing demon | David har | [14] |
| "Ghetto" | Ghetto | Joshua Sable | ||
| "Influential man now" | Man of the moment | Alan Aykborn | ||
| "Land of Shadows" | Shadowlands | William Nicholson |
1990s
| Year | Play title | Original title of the play | Play author | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | "Dancing during Lunaza" ★ | Dancing at lughnasa | Brian Friel | [15] |
| "Singer" | Finger | Peter Flannery | ||
| "Hunters from Oxyrinh" | The trackers of oxyrhynchus | Tony harrison | ||
| "White Chameleon" | White chameleon | Christopher Hampton | ||
| 1992 | "Death and the girl" ★ | Death and the maiden | Ariel Dorfman | [sixteen] |
| " Angels in America " | Angels in america | Tony kushner | ||
| The Madness of King George | The madness of george iii | Alan Bennett | ||
| “Three birds sitting on the field” | Three Birds Alighting on a Field | Timberlake Wertenbaker | ||
| 1993 | Six Degrees of Alienation ★ | Six Degrees of Separation | John guire | [17] |
| "The one who will look after me" | Someone Who'll Watch Over Me | Frank McGuinness | ||
| The Gift of Gordon | The gift of the gorgon | Peter Schaeffer | ||
| "Street Crocodiles" | The street of crocodiles | Simon McBurney and Mark Wheatley (adaptation of the novel by Bruno Schulz ) | ||
| 1994 | Arcadia ★ | Arcadia | Tom Stoppard | [18] |
| Oleanna | Oleanna | David Mamet | ||
| Angels in America: Restructuring | Angels in America: Perestroika | Tony kushner | ||
| The Last Yankees | The last yankee | Arthur Miller | ||
| 1995 | Broken Glass ★ | Broken glass | Arthur Miller | [nineteen] |
| “Dealer Choice” | Dealer's choice | Patrick Marber | ||
| "900 Oneota" | 900 Oneonta | David Beard | ||
| " Three tall women " | Three tall women | Edward Albee | ||
| 1996 | Top Light ★ | Skylight | David har | [20] |
| Pentecost | Pentecost | David edgar | ||
| "The Conductor of the Christian World" | The steward of christendom | Sebastian Barry | ||
| “Views of the parties” | Taking sides | Ronald harwood | ||
| 1997 | Stanley ★ | Stanley | Pam gems | [21] |
| "Queen of beauty" | The beauty queen of leenane | Martin McDonagh | ||
| "Blinded by the sun" | Blinded by the sun | Stephen Polyakov | ||
| "Bed of herbs" | The herbal bed | Peter Whelan | ||
| 1998 | Proximity ★ | Closer | Patrick Marber | [22] |
| Amy's point of view | Amy's view | David har | ||
| The commotion | Hurlyburly | David Rabe | ||
| "Invention of love" | The invention of love | Tom Stoppard | ||
| Tom and Clem | Tom & clem | Stephen Cherchett | ||
| 1999 | The Dam ★ | The weir | Conor Macpherson | [23] |
| The Blue Room | The blue room | David har | ||
| "Copenhagen" | Copenhagen | Michael Frein | ||
| “Unexpected person” | The unexpected man | Jasmina Reza |
2000s
| Year | Play title | Original title of the play | Play author | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | "Good night, children of the whole world" ★ | Goodnight children everywhere | Richard Nelson | [24] |
| "Perfect days" | Perfect days | Liz Lockhead | ||
| "Rose" | Rose | Martin Sherman | ||
| Lady in the Wagon | The lady in the van | Alan Bennett | ||
| "Three days of rain" | Three days of rain | Richard Greenberg | ||
| 2001 | Blue Orange ★ | Blue / orange | Joe Penhall | [25] |
| Dolly West's Kitchen | Dolly west's kitchen | Frank McGuinness | ||
| “Three versions of life” | Life x 3 | Jasmina Reza | ||
| "My zinc bed" | My zinc bed | David har | ||
| 2002 | Pyatak ★ | Jitney | August Wilson | [26] |
| "Girl for a guy" | Boy gets girl | Rebecca Gilman | ||
| " Gagarin 's passage " | Gagarin way | Gregory Burke | ||
| "Humble boy" | Humble boy | Charlotte jones | ||
| "Face to face" | Mouth to mouth | Kevin Eliot | ||
| 2003 | Vincent at Brixton ★ | Vincent in brixton | Nicholas Wright | [27] |
| “Jesus got on the train“ A “” | Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train | Stephen Edley Guirgis | ||
| " Coast of Utopia " | The coast of utopia | Tom Stoppard | ||
| Realist from York | The york realist | Peter Gill | ||
| 2004 | Pillow Man ★ | The pillowman | Martin McDonagh | [28] |
| "Democracy" | Democracy | Michael Frein | ||
| "Elmina's Kitchen" | Elmina's kitchen | Kwame Kvey Arma | ||
| Hitchcock Blonde | Hitchcock blonde | Terry Johnson | ||
| 2005 | History buffs ★ | The history boys | Alan Bennett | [29] |
| "On the cat swamp" | By the Bog of Cats | Marina Carr | ||
| "Triumph" | Festen | David eldridge | ||
| “A goat, or Who is Sylvia?” | The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? | Edward Albee | ||
| 2006 | “On the shores of the big world” ★ | On the shore of the wide world | Simon Stevens | [thirty] |
| “The Boy from the Coram Orphanage” | Coram boy | Helen Edmundson | ||
| "Harvest" | Harvest | Richard Bean | ||
| "Floor" | Paul | Howard Brenton | ||
| 2007 | Blackbird ★ | Blackbird | David harrower | [31] |
| Frost vs. Nixon | Frost / nixon | Peter Morgan | ||
| Rock and Roll | Rock 'n' roll | Tom Stoppard | ||
| "Sailor" | The seafarer | Conor Macpherson | ||
| 2008 | Disappearing Number ★ | A disappearing number | Simon McBurney | [32] |
| "The reporter" | The reporter | Nicholas Wright | ||
| "Vernon Lord Little" | Vernon god little | Tanya Ronder | ||
| "War Horse" | War horse | Nick Stafford (adaptation of the novel by Michael Morpurgo) | ||
| 2009 | Black Guard ★ | Black watch | Gregory Burke | [33] |
| August: Osage County | August: Osage County | Tracy Letts | ||
| "Miners-artists" | The pitmen painters | Tanya Ronder | ||
| "This face" | That face | Polly Stanham |
2010s
| Year | Play title | Original title of the play | Play author | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | "Top of the mountain" ★ | The mountaintop | Katori Hall | [34] |
| Enron | ENRON | Lucy Prebble | ||
| "Jerusalem" | Jerusalem | Jes butterworth | ||
| "Red" | Red | John Logan | ||
| 2011 | Klayburn Park ★ | Clybourne park | Bruce norris | [35] |
| "The last ray of the rainbow" | End of the rainbow | Peter Quilter | ||
| "The little dog laughed" | The little dog laughed | Douglas Carter Beanie | ||
| "Sucker Punch" | Sucker punch | Roy Williams | ||
| "Tribes" | Tribes | Nina Rain | ||
| 2012 | Co-authors ★ | Collaborators | John Hodge | [36] |
| Jumpy | Jumpy | April De Angeles | ||
| “ One servant, two gentlemen ” | One Man, Two Guvnors | Richard Bean (adaptation of a play by Carlo Goldoni ) | ||
| "Soak the old woman" | The ladykillers | Graham Linehen | ||
| 2013 | Mysterious Dog Night Kill ★ | The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time | Simon Stevens | [37] |
| "Constellations" | Constellations | Nick Payne | ||
| " Audience " | The audience | Peter Morgan | ||
| "Parliament" | This house | James graham | ||
| 2014 | Chimerica ★ | Chimerica | Lucy Kirkwood | [38] |
| " 1984 " | 1984 | Robert Ick and Duncan Macmillan (adaptation of George Orwell's novel) | ||
| "Night of the living" | The night alive | Conor Macpherson | ||
| Peter and Alice | Peter and Alice | John Logan | ||
| 2015 | King Charles III ★ | King Charles III | Mike Bartlett | [39] |
| Midnight Arrest | Taken at midnight | Mike Hayhurst | ||
| "Emptiness" | The nether | Jennifer haley | ||
| Wolf Hall / Bring in the bodies | Wolf Hall / Bring Up the Bodies | Mike pulton (adaptation of Hilary Mantel novels) | ||
| 2016 | The Executioners ★ | Hangmen | Martin McDonagh | [40] |
| Farinelli and the King | Farinelli and the king | Claire van Kempen | ||
| "People, places and things" | People, Places and Things | Duncan Macmillan | ||
| "Father" | The father | Florian Zeller | ||
| 2017 | Harry Potter and the Cursed Child ★ | Harry Potter and the Cursed Child | Jack Thorne , Joan Rowling and John Tiffany | [41] |
| "Elegy" | Elegy | Nick Payne | ||
| "Click" | The flick | Annie baker | ||
| "One night in Miami ..." | One Night in Miami ... | Camp powers | ||
| 2018 | Ferryman ★ | The ferryman | Jes butterworth | [42] |
| "Ink" | Ink | James graham | ||
| "TV network" | Network | Lee Hall | ||
| "Oslo" | Oslo | JT Rogers | ||
| 2019 | Inheritance ★ | The inheritance | Matthew Lopez (adaptation of the novel by Edward Morgan Forster ) | [43] |
| The Trilogy of the Lehman Family | The lehman trilogy | Stefano Massini | ||
| "Fog" | Misty | Arinze Kene | ||
| "Sweat" | Sweat | Lynn Cottage |
See also
- Tony Award for Best Play
Notes
- ↑ Olivier Winners 1976 - Play of the Year . officiallondontheatre.com. Olivier Awards . Date of treatment March 29, 2018.
- ↑ Olivier Winners 1977 - Play of the Year . officiallondontheatre.com. Olivier Awards . Date of treatment March 29, 2018.
- ↑ Olivier Winners 1978 - Play of the Year . officiallondontheatre.com. Olivier Awards . Date of treatment March 29, 2018.
- ↑ Olivier Winners 1979 - Play of the Year . officiallondontheatre.com. Olivier Awards . Date of treatment March 29, 2018.
- ↑ Olivier Winners 1980 - Play of the Year . officiallondontheatre.com. Olivier Awards . Date of treatment March 29, 2018.
- ↑ Olivier Winners 1981 - Play of the Year . officiallondontheatre.com. Olivier Awards . Date of treatment March 29, 2018.
- ↑ Olivier Winners 1982 - Play of the Year . officiallondontheatre.com. Olivier Awards . Date of treatment March 29, 2018.
- ↑ Olivier Winners 1983 - Play of the Year . officiallondontheatre.com. Olivier Awards . Date of treatment March 29, 2018.
- ↑ Olivier Winners 1984 - Play of the Year . officiallondontheatre.com. Olivier Awards . Date of treatment March 29, 2018.
- ↑ Olivier Winners 1985 - Play of the Year . officiallondontheatre.com. Olivier Awards . Date of treatment March 29, 2018.
- ↑ Olivier Winners 1986 - BBC Award for the Play of the Year . officiallondontheatre.com. Olivier Awards . Date of treatment March 29, 2018.
- ↑ Olivier Winners 1987 - BBC Award for the Play of the Year . officiallondontheatre.com. Olivier Awards . Date of treatment March 29, 2018.
- ↑ Olivier Winners 1988 - BBC Award for the Play of the Year . officiallondontheatre.com. Olivier Awards . Date of treatment March 29, 2018.
- ↑ Olivier Winners 1989–90 - BBC Award for the Play of the Year . officiallondontheatre.com. Olivier Awards . Date of treatment March 29, 2018.
- ↑ Olivier Winners 1991 - BBC Award for the Play of the Year . officiallondontheatre.com. Olivier Awards . Date of treatment March 29, 2018.
- ↑ Olivier Winners 1992 - BBC Award for the Play of the Year . officiallondontheatre.com. Olivier Awards . Date of treatment March 29, 2018.
- ↑ Olivier Winners 1993 - BBC Award for the Play of the Year . officiallondontheatre.com. Olivier Awards . Date of treatment March 29, 2018.
- ↑ Olivier Winners 1994 - BBC Award for the Play of the Year . officiallondontheatre.com. Olivier Awards . Date of treatment March 29, 2018.
- ↑ Olivier Winners 1995 - BBC Award for the Play of the Year . officiallondontheatre.com. Olivier Awards . Date of treatment March 29, 2018.
- ↑ Olivier Winners 1996 - BBC Award for the Play of the Year . officiallondontheatre.com. Olivier Awards . Date of treatment March 29, 2018.
- ↑ Olivier Winners 1997 - BBC Award for the Play of the Year . officiallondontheatre.com. Olivier Awards . Date of treatment March 29, 2018.
- ↑ Olivier Winners 1998 - BBC Award for the Play of the Year . officiallondontheatre.com. Olivier Awards . Date of treatment March 29, 2018.
- ↑ Olivier Winners 1999 - BBC Award for the Play of the Year . officiallondontheatre.com. Olivier Awards . Date of treatment March 29, 2018.
- ↑ Olivier Winners 2000 - BBC Award for the Play of the Year . officiallondontheatre.com. Olivier Awards . Date of treatment March 29, 2018.
- ↑ Olivier Winners 2001 - BBC Award for Best New Play . officiallondontheatre.com. Olivier Awards . Date of treatment March 29, 2018.
- ↑ Olivier Winners 2002 - The BBC Award for Best New Play . officiallondontheatre.com. Olivier Awards . Date of treatment March 29, 2018.
- ↑ Olivier Winners 2003 - The BBC Award for Best New Play . officiallondontheatre.com. Olivier Awards . Date of treatment March 29, 2018.
- ↑ Olivier Winners 2004 - Best New Play . officiallondontheatre.com. Olivier Awards . Date of treatment March 29, 2018.
- ↑ Olivier Winners 2005 - Best New Play . officiallondontheatre.com. Olivier Awards . Date of treatment March 29, 2018.
- ↑ Olivier Winners 2006 - Best New Play . officiallondontheatre.com. Olivier Awards . Date of treatment March 29, 2018.
- ↑ Olivier Winners 2007 - Best New Play . officiallondontheatre.com. Olivier Awards . Date of treatment March 29, 2018.
- ↑ Olivier Winners 2008 - Best New Play . officiallondontheatre.com. Olivier Awards . Date of treatment March 29, 2018.
- ↑ Olivier Winners 2009 - Best New Play . officiallondontheatre.com. Olivier Awards . Date of treatment March 29, 2018.
- ↑ Olivier Winners 2010 - Best New Play . officiallondontheatre.com. Olivier Awards . Date of treatment March 29, 2018.
- ↑ Olivier Winners 2011 - Mastercard Best New Play . officiallondontheatre.com. Olivier Awards . Date of treatment March 29, 2018.
- ↑ Olivier Winners 2012 - Mastercard Best New Play . officiallondontheatre.com. Olivier Awards . Date of treatment March 29, 2018.
- ↑ Olivier Winners 2013 - Mastercard Best New Play . officiallondontheatre.com. Olivier Awards . Date of treatment March 29, 2018.
- ↑ Olivier Winners 2014 - American Airlines Best New Play . officiallondontheatre.com. Olivier Awards . Date of treatment March 29, 2018.
- ↑ Olivier Winners 2015 - Virgin Atlantic Best New Play . officiallondontheatre.com. Olivier Awards . Date of treatment March 29, 2018.
- ↑ Olivier Winners 2016 - Virgin Atlantic Best New Play . officiallondontheatre.com. Olivier Awards . Date of treatment March 29, 2018.
- ↑ Olivier Winners 2017 - Virgin Atlantic Best New Play . officiallondontheatre.com. Olivier Awards . Date of treatment March 29, 2018.
- ↑ Olivier Winners 2018 - American Airlines Best New Play . officiallondontheatre.com. Olivier Awards . Date of treatment April 9, 2019.
- ↑ Olivier Winners 2019 - American Airlines Best New Play . officiallondontheatre.com. Olivier Awards . Date of treatment April 9, 2019.