Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy
Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy | |
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Awarded for | Best New Comedy |
Location | United Kingdom |
Presented by | The Society of London Theatre |
Currently held by | Emilia (2020) |
Website | Olivier Awards.com |
The Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy is an annual award presented by The Society of London Theatre in recognition of achievements in commercial British theatre. The awards were established as the Society of West End Theatre Awards in 1976, and, renamed in 1984 in honour of English actor Lord Olivier.
The award was originally title Comedy of the Year until 1991, when it was renamed to Best Comedy. The award was later renamed again to the current title Best New Comedy in 1999. In 2020, the award was renamed as Best Entertainment or Comedy Play.
Winners and nominees[]
1970s[]
Year | Play | Writer |
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1976 | ||
Donkeys' Years | Michael Frayn | |
The Bed Before Yesterday | Ben Travers | |
Confusions | Alan Ayckbourn | |
Funny Peculiar | Mike Stott | |
1977 | ||
Privates on Parade | Peter Nichols | |
Bedroom Farce | Alan Ayckbourn | |
Once a Catholic | Mary O'Malley | |
The Kingfisher | William Douglas-Home | |
1978 | ||
Filumena | Eduardo De Filippo, Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall | |
Shut Your Eyes and Think of England | John Chapman and Anthony Marriott | |
Ten Times Table | Alan Ayckbourn | |
1979 | ||
Middle-Age Spread | Roger Hall | |
Clouds | Michael Frayn | |
Outside Edge | Richard Harris |
1980s[]
Year | Play | Writer |
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1980 | ||
Educating Rita | Willy Russell | |
Born in the Gardens | Peter Nichols | |
Make and Break | Michael Frayn | |
Sisterly Feelings | Alan Ayckbourn | |
1981 | ||
Steaming | Nell Dunn | |
Anyone for Denis? | John Wells | |
Can't Pay? Won't Pay! | Dario Fo | |
On the Razzle | Tom Stoppard | |
1982 | ||
Noises Off | Michael Frayn | |
Key for Two | John Chapman and Dave Freeman | |
Season's Greetings | Alan Ayckbourn | |
Trafford Tanzi | Claire Luckham | |
1983 | ||
Daisy Pulls It Off | Denise Deegan | |
Beethoven's Tenth | Peter Ustinov | |
Run for Your Wife | Ray Cooney | |
Woza Albert! | Barney Simon, Percy Mtwa and Mbongeni Ngema | |
1984 | ||
Up 'n' Under | John Godber | |
Gymslip Vicar | Cliff Hanger | |
Intimate Exchanges | Alan Ayckbourn | |
Two into One | Ray Cooney | |
1985 | ||
A Chorus of Disapproval | Alan Ayckbourn | |
Bouncers | John Godber | |
Love's Labours Lost | William Shakespeare | |
Pravda | Howard Brenton and David Hare | |
1986 | ||
When We Are Married | J.B. Priestley | |
Lend Me a Tenor | Ken Ludwig | |
The Merry Wives of Windsor | William Shakespeare | |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | William Shakespeare | |
1987 | ||
Three Men on a Horse | John Cecil Holm and George Abbott | |
Groucho: A Life in Revue | Arthur Marx and Robert Fisher | |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | William Shakespeare | |
Twelfth Night | William Shakespeare | |
1988 | ||
Shirley Valentine | Willy Russell | |
Henceforward... | Alan Ayckbourn | |
Separation | Tom Kempinski | |
The Common Pursuit | Simon Gray | |
1989/90 | ||
Single Spies | Alan Bennett | |
Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell | Keith Waterhouse | |
Some Americans Abroad | Richard Nelson | |
Steel Magnolias | Robert Harling |
1990s[]
Year | Play | Writer |
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1991 | ||
Out of Order | Ray Cooney | |
Gasping | Ben Elton | |
1992 | ||
La Bête | David Hirson | |
An Evening with Gary Lineker | Arthur Smith and Chris England | |
It's Ralph | Hugh Whitemore | |
1993 | ||
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice | Jim Cartwright | |
Lost in Yonkers | Neil Simon | |
On the Piste | John Godber | |
1994 | ||
Hysteria | Terry Johnson | |
April in Paris | John Godber | |
The Life of Stuff | Simon Donald | |
Time of My Life | Alan Ayckbourn | |
1995 | ||
My Night with Reg | Kevin Elyot | |
Beautiful Thing | Jonathan Harvey | |
Dead Funny | Terry Johnson | |
Neville's Island | Tim Firth | |
1996 | ||
Mojo | Jez Butterworth | |
Communicating Doors | Alan Ayckbourn | |
Funny Money | Ray Cooney | |
1997 | ||
'Art' | Yasmina Reza | |
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) | Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield | |
Laughter on the 23rd Floor | Neil Simon | |
1998 | ||
Popcorn | Ben Elton | |
East is East | Ayub Khan-Din | |
A Skull in Connemara | Martin McDonagh | |
1999 | ||
Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick | Terry Johnson | |
Alarms and Excursions | Michael Frayn | |
Love Upon the Throne | Patrick Barlow, Martin Duncan and John Ramm | |
Things We Do for Love | Alan Ayckbourn |
2000s[]
Year | Play | Writer |
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2000 | ||
The Memory of Water | Shelagh Stephenson | |
Comic Potential | Alan Ayckbourn | |
Quartet | Ronald Harwood | |
2001 | ||
Stones in His Pockets | Marie Jones | |
Cooking with Elvis | Lee Hall | |
House/Garden | Alan Ayckbourn | |
Peggy for You | Alan Plater | |
2002 | ||
The Play What I Wrote | Hamish McColl, Sean Foley and Eddie Braben | |
Boston Marriage | David Mamet | |
Caught in the Net | Ray Cooney | |
Feelgood | Alistair Beaton | |
2003 | ||
The Lieutenant of Inishmore | Martin McDonagh | |
RolePlay | Alan Ayckbourn | |
Dinner | Moira Buffini | |
Lobby Hero | Kenneth Lonergan | |
2006 | ||
Heroes | Gérald Sibleyras and Tom Stoppard | |
Glorious! | Peter Quilter | |
Shoot the Crow | Owen McCafferty | |
2007 | ||
The 39 Steps | Patrick Barlow, Simon Corble and Nobby Dimon | |
Don Juan in Soho | Patrick Marber | |
Love Song | John Kolvenbach | |
2008 | ||
Rafta, Rafta... | Bill Naughton and Ayub Khan-Din | |
Absurdia: The Crimson Hotel | Michael Frayn | |
Elling | Simon Bent | |
Whipping It Up | Stephen Thompson | |
2009 | ||
God of Carnage | Yasmina Reza | |
Fat Pig | Neil LaBute | |
The Female of the Species | Joanna Murray-Smith |
2010s[]
Year | Play | Writer |
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2010 | ||
The Priory | Michael Wynne | |
Calendar Girls | Tim Firth | |
England People Very Nice | Richard Bean | |
Parlour Song | Jez Butterworth | |
2014 | ||
Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense | Robert Goodale and David Goodale | |
The Duck House | Dan Patterson and Colin Swash | |
The Full Monty | Simon Beaufoy | |
The Same Deep Water as Me | Nick Payne | |
2015 | ||
The Play That Goes Wrong | Henry Shields, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Lewis | |
Handbagged | Moira Buffini | |
Shakespeare in Love | Marc Norman, Tom Stoppard and Lee Hall | |
2016 | ||
Nell Gwynn | Jessica Swale | |
A Christmas Carol | Patrick Barlow | |
Hand to God | Robert Askins | |
Peter Pan Goes Wrong | Henry Shields, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Lewis | |
2017 | ||
Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour | Lee Hall | |
The Comedy About a Bank Robbery | Henry Shields, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Lewis | |
Nice Fish | Mark Rylance and Louis Jenkins | |
The Truth | Florian Zeller in a version by Christopher Hampton | |
2018 | ||
Labour of Love | James Graham | |
Dry Powder | Sarah Burgess | |
Mischief Movie Night | Mischief Theatre | |
The Miser | Molière in an adaptation by Sean Foley and Phil Porter | |
2019 | ||
Home, I'm Darling | Laura Wade | |
Nine Night | Natasha Gordon | |
Quiz | James Graham |
2020s[]
Year | Play | Writer |
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2020 | ||
Emilia | Morgan Lloyd Malcolm | |
Fleabag | Phoebe Waller-Bridge | |
Magic Goes Wrong | Henry Lewis, Penn Jillette, Jonathan Sayer, Henry Shields and Teller | |
The Upstart Crow | Ben Elton |
See also[]
References[]
- London Theatre Guide (2008). "The Laurence Olivier Awards: Full List of Winners, 1976-2008" (.PDF). 1976-2008. The Society of London Theatre: 20. Retrieved 2008-08-30. Cite journal requires
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External links[]
Categories:
- Laurence Olivier Awards