Evening Standard Awards

The Evening Standard Theatre Awards, established in 1955, are presented annually for outstanding achievements in London Theatre. Sponsored by the "Evening Standard" newspaper, they are announced in late November or early December.

Trophies

The trophies take the form of a strongly modelled statuette, a somewhat Grecian figure representing Drama, designed by Frank Dobson RA, a former Professor of Sculpture at the Royal College of Art.

Categories

Three of the awards are given in the names of former Evening Standard notables:

*Arts editor Sydney Edwards (who conceived the awards, and died suddenly in July 1979) for the "Best Director" category.
*Editor Charles Wintour (who as deputy-editor in 1955, launched the awards after a 'nod from the then proprietor, Lord Beaverbrook') for "Most Promising Playwright".
*Long-serving theatre critic Milton Shulman (for several years a key member of the judging panel) for the "Outstanding Newcomer" award. In 1980, noting the first use of the Special Award category, Shulman observed that: "In 1968 the judges felt that Alan Bennett's work "Forty Years On" did not fit either the category of a Play or a Musical. But since they liked it so much they gave him the coveted Dobson statuette as a Special Award. In a quarter of a century, only in 1968 had no-one been designated as 'Promising' although it could conceivably be argued that Alan Bennett's Special Award was a reasonable substitute for this category." ["Celebration: 25 Years of British Theatre"]

The Special Awards process came to a climax in 2004 when, in the 50th anniversary year, the category was used to signal peaks of accomplishment by the National Theatre (an institution), Harold Pinter (a playwright) and Dame Judi Dench (a performer).

The Patricia Rothermere Award, presented biennially, was established in 1999 to recognise those who have given outstanding support to young actors. There is also a three-year scholarship award for a drama student. Lady Rothermere is the wife of Lord Rothermere, chairman of the Daily Mail and General Trust, owners of the Evening Standard.

Commencing in 2007, the award for Best Musical was renamed The Ned Sherrin Award, in memory of the entertainer and raconteur, for many years the witty compere of the Evening Standard Awards ceremony.

Awards 2007

The 2007 Awards lunchtime ceremony took place at the Savoy Hotel in London on 27 November, 2007.

See [http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23423308-details/Macbeth+and+Joan+of+Arc+storm+ES+awards/article.do] for a full Evening Standard report of the occasion. For the judges' assessments of the winners, see [http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23423447-details/Winning+performances+on+the+West+End+stage/article.do]

Winners

The list of winners provides a concise conspectus of London theatre in the second half of the 20th Century. Winners have been as follows.

Best Play

* 1955: "Tiger at the Gates" by Jean Giraudoux
* 1956: "Romanoff and Juliet" by Peter Ustinov
* 1957: "Summer of the Seventeenth Doll" by Ray Lawler
* 1958: "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" by Tennessee Williams
* 1959: "The Long and the Short and the Tall" by Willis Hall
* 1960: "The Caretaker" by Harold Pinter
* 1961: "Becket" by Jean Anouilh, adapted by Lucienne Hill
* 1962: "The Caucasian Chalk Circle" by Bertolt Brecht, translated by John Holmstrom
* 1963: "Poor Bitos" by Jean Anouilh, adapted by Lucienne Hill
* 1964: "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" by Edward Albee
* 1965: "A Patriot for Me" by John Osborne, and "The Killing of Sister George" by Frank Marcus (joint award)
* 1966: "Loot" by Joe Orton
* 1967: "A Day in the Death of Joe Egg" by Peter Nichols
* 1968: "The Hotel in Amsterdam" by John Osborne
* 1969: "The National Health" by Peter Nichols
* 1970: "Home" by David Storey
* 1971: "Butley" by Simon Gray
* 1972: "Jumpers" by Tom Stoppard
* 1973: "Saturday, Sunday, Monday" by Eduardo de Filippo, adapted by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall
* 1974: "The Norman Conquests" by Alan Ayckbourn
* 1975: "Otherwise Engaged" by Simon Gray
* 1976: "Weapons of Happiness" by Howard Brenton
* 1977: "Just Between Ourselves" by Alan Ayckbourn
* 1978: "Night and Day" by Tom Stoppard
* 1979: "Amadeus" by Peter Shaffer
* 1980: "The Dresser" by Ronald Harwood
* 1981: "Passion Play" by Peter Nichols
* 1982: "The Real Thing" by Tom Stoppard
* 1983: "Master Harold...and the Boys" by Athol Fugard
* 1984: "Benefactors" by Michael Frayn
* 1985: "Pravda" by Howard Brenton and David Hare
* 1986: "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" by Choderlos de Laclos
* 1987: "A Small Family Business" by Alan Ayckbourn
* 1988: "Aristocrats" by Brian Friel
* 1989: "Ghetto" by Yehoshua Sobol
* 1990: "Shadowlands" adapted by William Nicholson from a play "Surprised By Joy" by Brian Sibley and Norman Stone
* 1991: "Dancing at Lughnasa" by Brian Friel
* 1992: "Angels in America" by Tony Kushner
* 1993: "Arcadia" by Tom Stoppard
* 1994: "Three Tall Women" by Edward Albee
* 1995: "Pentecost" by David Edgar
* 1996: "Stanley" by Pam Gems
* 1997: "The Invention of Love" by Tom Stoppard
* 1998: "Copenhagen" by Michael Frayn
* 1999: "no award"
* 2000: "Blue/Orange" by Joe Penhall
* 2001: "The Far Side of the Moon" by Robert Lepage
* 2002: "A Number" by Caryl Churchill
* 2003: "Democracy" by Michael Frayn
* 2004: "The History Boys" by Alan Bennett
* 2005: "The Home Place" by Brian Friel
* 2006: "Rock 'n' Roll" by Tom Stoppard
* 2007: "A Disappearing Number" by Simon McBurney and Complicite

Best Actor

* 2007 – Patrick Stewart for "Macbeth"
* 2006 – Rufus Sewell for "Rock 'n' Roll"
* 2005 – Simon Russell Beale for "The Philanthropist"
* 2004 – Richard Griffiths for "The History Boys"
* 2003 – Michael Sheen for "Caligula"
* 2002 – Simon Russell Beale for "Uncle Vanya" and "Twelfth Night"
* 2001 – Alex Jennings for "The Winter's Tale" and "The Relapse"
* 2000 – Simon Russell Beale for "Hamlet"
* 1999 – Stephen Dillane for "The Real Thing"
* 1998 – Kevin Spacey for "The Iceman Cometh"
* 1997 – Ian Holm for "King Lear"
* 1996 – Paul Scofield for "John Gabriel Borkman"
* 1995 – Michael Gambon for "Volpone"
* 1994 – Tom Courtenay for "Moscow Stations" (Venedikt Yerofeev, ad Stephen Mulrine)
* 1993 – Ian Holm for "Moonlight"
* 1992 – Nigel Hawthorne for "The Madness of King George III"
* 1991 – John Wood for "King Lear"
* 1990 – Richard Harris for "Henry IV"
* 1989 – Ian McKellen for "Othello"
* 1988 – Eric Porter for "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"
* 1987 – Michael Gambon for "A View from the Bridge"
* 1986 – Albert Finney for "Orphans" (Lyle Kessler)
* 1985 – Anthony Sher for "Richard III"
* 1984 – Ian McKellen for "Coriolanus"
* 1983 – Derek Jacobi for "Much Ado about Nothing"
* 1982 – Alec McCowen for "The Portage to San Cristobal of A.H."
* 1981 – Alan Howard for "Good"
* 1980 – Tom Courtenay for "The Dresser"
* 1979 – Warren Mitchell for "Death of a Salesman"
* 1978 – Alan Howard for "Coriolanus"
* 1977 – Donald Sinden for "King Lear"
* 1976 – Albert Finney for "Tamburlaine the Great"
* 1975 – John Gielgud for "No Man's Land"
* 1974 – John Wood for "Travesties"
* 1973 – Alec McCowen for "The Misanthrope"
* 1972 – Laurence Olivier for "Long Day's Journey Into Night"
* 1971 – Alan Bates for "Butley"
* 1970 – John Gielgud and Ralph Richardson for "Home"
* 1969 – Nicol Williamson for "Hamlet"
* 1968 – Alec McCowen for "Hadrian VII"
* 1967 – Laurence Olivier for "Dance of Death"
* 1966 – Albert Finney for "A Flea in Her Ear"
* 1965 – Ian Holm for "Henry V"
* 1964 – Nicol Williamson for "Inadmissible Evidence"
* 1963 – Michael Redgrave for "Uncle Vanya"
* 1962 – Paul Scofield for "King Lear"
* 1961 – Christopher Plummer for "Becket"
* 1960 – Alec Guinness for "Ross", and Rex Harrison for "Platonov"
* 1959 – Eric Porter for "Rosmersholm"
* 1958 – Michael Redgrave for "A Touch of the Sun" (N C Hunter)
* 1957 – Laurence Olivier for "The Entertainer"
* 1956 – Paul Scofield for "The Power and the Glory"
* 1955 – Richard Burton for "Henry V"

Best Actress

* 2007 – Anne-Marie Duff for "Saint Joan"
* 2006 – Kathleen Turner for "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
* 2005 – Harriet Walter for "Mary Stuart"
* 2004 – Victoria Hamilton for "Suddenly, Last Summer"
* 2003 – Sandy McDade for "Iron"
* 2002 – Claire Higgins for "Vincent in Brixton"
* 2001 – Fiona Shaw for "Medea"
* 2000 – Paola Dionisotti for "Further Than the Furthest Thing" (Zinnie Harris)
* 1999 – Janie Dee for "Comic Potential"
* 1998 – Sinead Cusack for "Our Lady of Sligo" (Sebastian Barry)
* 1997 – Eileen Atkins for "A Delicate Balance"
* 1996 – Diana Rigg for "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and "Mother Courage"
* 1995 – Geraldine McEwan for "The Way of the World"
* 1994 – Maggie Smith for "Three Tall Women"
* 1993 – Fiona Shaw for "Machinal"
* 1992 – Diana Rigg for "Medea"
* 1991 – Vanessa Redgrave for "When She Danced" (Martin Sherman)
* 1990 – Josette Simon for "After the Fall"
* 1989 – Felicity Kendal for "Much Ado About Nothing" and Ivanov
* 1988 – Lindsay Duncan for "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"
* 1987 – Judi Dench for "Antony and Cleopatra"
* 1986 – Julia McKenzie for "Woman in Mind"
* 1985 – Vanessa Redgrave for "The Seagull"
* 1984 – Maggie Smith for "The Way of the World"
* 1983 – Geraldine McEwan for "The Rivals"
* 1982 – Judi Dench for "A Kind of Alaska" (Harold Pinter) and "The Importance of Being Earnest"
* 1981 – Maggie Smith for "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
* 1980 – Judi Dench for "Juno and the Paycock" and Frances de la Tour for "Duet for One"
* 1979 – Vanessa Redgrave for "The Lady from the Sea"
* 1978 – Kate Nelligan for "Plenty"
* 1977 – Alison Steadman for "Abigail's Party"
* 1976 – Janet Suzman for "Three Sisters"
* 1975 – Dorothy Tutin for "A Month in the Country"
* 1974 – Claire Bloom for "A Streetcar Named Desire"
* 1973 – Janet Suzman for "Hello and Goodbye" (Athol Fugard))
* 1972 – Rachel Roberts for "Alpha Beta" (E A Whitehead)
* 1971 – Peggy Ashcroft for "The Loves of Viorne" (Marguerite Duras)
* 1970 – Maggie Smith for "Hedda Gabler"
* 1969 – Rosemary Harris for "Plaza Suite"
* 1968 – Jill Bennett for "Time Present" (John Osborne)
* 1967 – Lila Kedrova for "The Cherry Orchard"
* 1966 – Irene Worth for "A Song at Twilight" (Noël Coward)
* 1965 – Eileen Atkins for "The Killing of Sister George"
* 1964 – Peggy Ashcroft for "The Wars of the Roses" (William Shakespeare, ad John Barton, RSC)
* 1963 – Joan Plowright for "Saint Joan"
* 1962 – Maggie Smith for "The Private Ear" and "The Public Eye" (Peter Shaffer)
* 1961 – Vanessa Redgrave for "The Lady from the Sea"
* 1960 – Dorothy Tutin for "Twelfth Night"
* 1959 – Flora Robson for "The Aspern Papers"
* 1958 – Gwen Frangcon-Davies for "Long Day's Journey Into Night"
* 1957 – Brenda De Banzie for "The Entertainer"
* 1956 – Peggy Ashcroft for "The Chalk Garden"
* 1955 – Siobhan McKenna for "Saint Joan"

Best Musical

* 2007 – "Hairspray"
* 2006 – "Caroline, or Change"
* 2005 – "Billy Elliot"
* 2004 – "The Producers"
* 2003 – ""
* 2002 – "The Full Monty"
* 2001 – "Kiss Me, Kate" (a revival)
* 2000 – "The Car Man"
* 1999 – "Spend Spend Spend"
* 1998 – "Oklahoma!"
* 1997 – "Lady in the Dark"
* 1996 – "Passion"
* 1995 – "Mack and Mabel"
* 1994 – No award
* 1993 – "City of Angels"
* 1992 – "Kiss of the Spider Woman
* 1991 – "Carmen Jones
* 1990 – "Into the Woods"
* 1989 – "Miss Saigon"
* 1988 – No award
* 1987 – "Follies"
* 1986 – "The Phantom of the Opera"
* 1985 – "Are You Lonesome Tonight" by Alan Bleasdale
* 1984 – "42nd Street"
* 1983 – "Little Shop of Horrors"
* 1982 – "Windy City" by Dick Vosburgh and Tony Macaulay
* 1981 – "Cats"
* 1980 – "Sweeney Todd"
* 1979 – "Songbook" by Monty Norman and Julian Moore
* 1978 – "Annie"
* 1977 – "Elvis"
* 1976 – "A Chorus Line"
* 1975 – "A Little Night Music"
* 1974 – "John, Paul, George, Ringo...and Bert" by Willy Russell
* 1973 – "The Rocky Horror Show"
* 1972 – "Applause"
* 1971 – No award
* 1970 – No award
* 1969 – "Promises, Promises"
* 1968 – "Cabaret"
* 1967 – "Sweet Charity"
* 1966 – "Funny Girl"
* 1965 – No award
* 1964 – "Little Me"
* 1963 – "Oh! What a Lovely War"
* 1962 – No award
* 1961 – "Beyond the Fringe"
* 1960 – "Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be" by Frank Norman and Lionel Bart
* 1959 – "Make Me an Offer" by Wolf Mankowitz, Monty Norman and David Heneker
* 1958 – "West Side Story"
* 1957 – No award
* 1956 – "Cranks" by John Cranko and John Addison
* 1955 – "The Pajama Game"
* Also in 1955 "Salad Days" was given the Award for Most Enjoyable Show.

Best Designer

* 2007 – Rae Smith and the Handspring Puppet Company for "War Horse"
* 2006 – Timothy Bird (projections) and David Farley (set and costumes) for "Sunday in the Park With George"
* 2005 – Bob Crowley for "Mary Poppins"
* 2004 – Ian MacNeil, Jean Kalman and Paul Arditti for "Festen"
* 2003 – Christopher Oram for Caligula
* 2002 – Ian MacNeil for "Plasticine" and "A Number"
* 2001 – Paul Brown for "Platonov" and "The Tempest"
* 2000 – Bunny Christie for "Baby Doll"
* 1999 – Rob Howell for "Richard III", "Troilus and Cressida" and "Vassa"
* 1998 – Richard Hoover for "Not about Nightingales" (First award in this category)

Best Comedy

* 2001 – "Feelgood" by Alistair Beaton
* 2000 – "Stones in his Pocket" by Marie Jones
* 1997 – "Closer" by Patrick Marber
* 1996 – "'Art'" by Yasmina Reza
* 1995 – "Dealer's Choice" by Patrick Marber
* 1994 – "My Night with Reg" by Kevin Elyot
* 1993 – "Jamais Vu" by Ken Campbell
* 1992 – "The Rise and Fall of Little Voice by Jim Cartwright
* 1991 – "Kvetch" by Steven Berkoff
* 1990 – "Man of the Moment" by Alan Ayckbourn and "Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell" by Keith Waterhouse
* 1989 – "Henceforward..." by Alan Ayckbourn
* 1988 – "Lettice and Lovage" by Peter Shaffer
* 1987 – "Serious Money" by Caryl Churchill
* 1986 – "A Month of Sundays" by Bob Larbey
* 1985 – "A Chorus of Disapproval" by Alan Ayckbourn
* 1984 – "Stepping Out" by Richard Harris
* 1983 – "Tales from Hollywood" by Christopher Hampton
* 1982 – "Noises Off" by Michael Frayn
* 1981 – "Goose Pimples" by Mike Leigh
* 1980 – "Make and Break" by Michael Frayn
* 1979 – "A Day in Hollywood, a Night in the Ukraine" by Dick Vosburgh and Frank Lazarus
* 1978 – "Gloo-Joo" by Michael Hastings
* 1977 – "Privates on Parade" by Peter Nichols
* 1976 – "The Thoughts of Chairman Alf" by Johnny Speight
* 1975 – "Alphabetical Order" by Michael Frayn
* 1974 – "Travesties" by Tom Stoppard
* 1973 – "Absurd Person Singular" by Alan Ayckbourn
* 1972 – "Veterans" by Charles Wood
* 1971 – "Getting On" by Alan Bennett
* 1970 – "The Philanthropist" by Christopher Hampton (First award in this category)

Most Controversial Play

* 1955 – "Waiting for Godot" by Samuel Beckett

Editor's Award

* 2006 – "Frost/Nixon"

Best Director

* 2007 – Rupert Goold for "Macbeth"
* 2006 – Marianne Elliott for "Pillars of the Community"
* 2005 – Michael Grandage for "Don Carlos" and "Grand Hotel"
* 2004 – Rufus Norris for "Festen"
* 2003 – Polly Teale for "After Mrs Rochester"
* 2002 – Sam Mendes for "Uncle Vanya" and "Twelfth Night"
* 2001 – Deborah Warner for "Medea"
* 2000 – Howard Davies for "All My Sons"
* 1999 – Trevor Nunn for "Summerfolk" and "The Merchant of Venice"
* 1996 – Katie Mitchell for "The Phoenician Women
* 1995 – Matthew Warchus for "Volpone" and "Henry V"
* 1994 – Sean Mathias for "Les parents terribles" and "Design for Living"
* 1993 – Terry Hands for "Tamburlaine The Great"
* 1992 – Stephen Daldry for "An Inspector Calls"
* 1991 – Trevor Nunn for "Timon of Athens"
* 1990 – Richard Jones for "Into The Woods" and "The Illusion"
* 1989 – Nicholas Hytner for "Miss Saigon" and "Ghetto"
* 1988 – Deborah Warner for "Titus Andronicus"
* 1987 – Peter Hall for "Antony and Cleopatra"
* 1986 – Nuria Espert for "The House of Bernarda Alba"
* 1985 – Bill Bryden for "The Mysteries"
* 1984 – Christopher Morahan for "Wild Honey"
* 1983 – Yuri Lyubimov for "Crime and Punishment"
* 1982 – Richard Eyre for "Guys and Dolls"
* 1981 – Peter Hall for "The Oresteia"
* 1980 – Trevor Nunn and John Caird for "The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby"
* 1979 – Trevor Nunn for "Once in a Lifetime" (The first award in this category}

Most Promising Playwright

* 2007 – Polly Stenham for "That Face"
* 2006 – Nina Raine for "Rabbit"
* 2005 – Nell Leyshon for "Comfort Me With Apples"
* 2004 – No award
* 2003 – Kwame Kwei-Armah for "Elmira's Kitchen
* 2002 – Vassily Sigarev for "Plasticine"
* 2001 – Roy Williams for "Clubland"
* 2000 – Gary Mitchell fpr "The Force of Change"
* 1999 – Rebecca Gilman for "The Glory of Living"
* 1998 – Mark Ravenhill for "Handbag"
* 1997 – Conor McPherson for "The Weir"
* 1996 – Martin McDonagh for "The Beauty Queen of Leenane"
* 1995 – Jez Butterworth for "Mojo"
* 1994 – Jonathan Harvey for "Babies"
* 1993 – Brad Fraser for "Unidentified Human Remains"
* 1992 – Philip Ridley for "The Fastest Clock in the Universe"
* 1991 – Rona Munro for "Bold Girls"
* 1990 – Clare McIntyre for "My Heart's a Suitcase"
* 1989 – Stephen Jeffreys for "Valued Friends"
* 1988 – Timberlake Wertenbaker for "Our Country's Good"
* 1987 – Stephen Bill for "Curtains"
* 1986 – Frank McGuinness for "Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme"
* 1985 – Billy Hamon for "Grafters"
* 1984 – Sharman MacDonald for "When I Was a Girl, I Used to Scream and Shout"
* 1983 – Phil Young for "Crystal Clear"
* 1982 – Terry Johnson for "Insignificance"
* 1981 – Nell Dunn for "Steaming
* 1980 – Paul Kember for "Not Quite Jerusalem"
* 1979 – Richard Harris for "Outside Edge" and Victoria Wood for "Talent"
* 1978 – John Byrne for "The Slab Boys" and Brian Clark for "Whose Life Is It Anyway?"
* 1977 – Mary O'Malley for "Once a Catholic" and James Robson for "Factory Birds"
* 1976 – Stewart Parker for "Spokesong"
* 1975 – Stephen Poliakoff for "Hitting Town"
* 1974 – Mustapha Matura for "Play Mas"
* 1973 – David Williamson for "The Removalists"
* 1972 – Wilson John Haire for "Within Two Shadows"
* 1971 – E A Whitehead for "The Foursoe"
* 1970 – David Hare for "Slag" and Heathcote Williams for "AC/DC"
* 1969 – Peter Barnes for "The Ruling Class"
* 1968 – No award
* 1967 – Tom Stoppard for "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead" and David Storey for "The Restoration of Arnold Middleton"
* 1966 – David Halliwell for "Little Malcom and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs"
* 1965 – David Mercer for "Ride a Cock Horse"
* 1964 – No award
* 1963 – Charles Wood for "Cockade" and James Saunders for "Next Time I'll Sing To You"
* 1962 – David Rudkin for "Afore Night Come"
* 1961 – Gwyn Thomas for "The Keep" and Henry Livings for "Stop It Whoever You Are"
* 1960 – J P Donleavy for "Fairy Tales of New York"
* 1959 – John Arden for "Serjeant Musgrave's Dance" and Arnold Wesker for "Roots"
* 1958 – Peter Shaffer for "Five Finger Exercise"
* 1957 – Robert Bolt for "Flowering Cherry"
* 1956 – John Osborne for "Look Back in Anger"
* 1955 – No award

Outstanding Newcomer

* 2007 – Stephen Wight for "Dealer's Choice" and "Don Juan in Soho"
* 2006 – Andrew Garfield for "Beautiful Thing"; "Burn/Chatroom/Citizenship"; "The Overwhelming"
* 2005 – Menier Chocolate Factory: David Babani and Danielle Tarento
* 2004 – Eddie Redmayne for ""
* 2003 – Tom Hardy for "Blood" and "In Arabia We'd All Be Kings"
* 2002 – Jake Gyllenhaal for "This Is Our Youth"
* 2001 – Rufus Norris for "Afore Night Come"
* 2000 – Chiwetel Ejiofor for "Blood/Orange"
* 1999 – Eve Best for "Tis Pity She's a Whore" (First award in this category)

Theatrical Achievement

*1998 – Jonathan Kent and Ian McDiarmid of the Almeida Theatre (Only award in this category)

Patricia Rothermere Award

*2005 – Penelope Keith. And Hannah Croft scholarship award
*2003 – Lord Attenborough for exceptional support for young actors. And Elif Yesil scholarship award
*2001 – Prunella Scales. And Cassandre Joseph scholarship award
*1999 – Simon Callow for Outstanding services to the theatre. And Martin Rea scholarship award

pecial Award

*2007 – Stephen Tompkins for innovative theatre architecture
*2006 – The Tricycle Theatre for its pioneering work in political theatre
*2005 – The Royal Court Theatre
*2004 – 50th Anniversary Special Award: Harold Pinter (playwright), National Theatre (institution) and Dame Judi Dench (performer)
*2003 – Max Stafford-Clark
*2002 – Shakespeare's Globe
*1998 – Nicole Kidman for "The Blue Room"
*1989 – Stephen Sondheim
*1988 – National Theatre 1963-1988: 25 Years of Achievement
*1984 – Graeae Theatre Company sharing with The Theatre of Comedy Company
*1982 – John Gielgud
*1981 – The Royal Shakespeare Company
*1980 – Sir Ralph Richardson
*1979 – 25th Anniversary Special Award: Sir Peter Hall
*1977 – Hampstead Theatre
*1976 – Peggy Ashcroft
*1975 – Ben Travers
*1973 – Laurence Olivier
*1972 – Peter Daubeny (Impresario and organizer of the annual World Theatre Season, Aldwych Theatre 1967-1973 and 1975)
*1968 – Alan Bennett for "Forty Years On" (First award in this category)

References

ources

*. W. H. Allen Ltd, 1980. ISBN 0491027702, for Awards 1955-1978
*Theatre Record and its annual Indexes, for Awards 1981 to date

Other London Theatre awards

*Laurence Olivier Awards
*Critics' Circle Theatre Awards

External links

* [http://www.albemarle-london.com/awards/Awards.php Evening Standard Awards]