Laurence Olivier Award for Best Revival

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Laurence Olivier Award
for Best Revival
Awarded forBest Revival
LocationUnited Kingdom
Presented byThe Society of London Theatre
Currently held byCyrano de Bergerac (2020)
WebsiteOlivier Awards.com

The Laurence Olivier Award for Best Revival 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 first given in 1991 and temporarily stopped in 1996. It later returned in the 2003 ceremony.

Winners and nominees[]

1990s[]

Year Play Writer
1991
Pericles William Shakespeare
Accidental Death of an Anarchist Dario Fo
Kean Jean-Paul Sartre, Alexandre Dumas, père and Frank Hauser
The Wild Duck Henrik Ibsen
1992
Hedda Gabler Henrik Ibsen
Faith Healer Brian Friel
The Comedy of Errors William Shakespeare
Uncle Vanya Anton Chekhov
1993
An Inspector Calls J.B. Priestley
Heartbreak House George Bernard Shaw
Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2 William Shakespeare
No Man's Land Harold Pinter
1994
Machinal Sophie Treadwell
Medea Euripides and Alistair Elliot
The Deep Blue Sea Terence Rattigan
The Winter's Tale William Shakespeare
1995
As You Like It William Shakespeare
Le Cid Pierre Corneille and Ranjit Bolt
Les Parents terribles Jean Cocteau and Jeremy Sams
Sweet Bird of Youth Tennessee Williams

2000s[]

Year Play Writer
2003
Twelfth Night William Shakespeare
Uncle Vanya Anton Chekhov
Abigail's Party Mike Leigh
A Streetcar Named Desire Tennessee Williams
2004
Mourning Becomes Electra Eugene O’Neill
Absolutely! (Perhaps) Luigi Pirandello and Martin Sherman
Caligula Albert Camus and David Greig
Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck
2005
Hamlet William Shakespeare
All's Well That Ends Well William Shakespeare
Endgame Samuel Beckett
Journey's End R. C. Sherriff
2006
Hedda Gabler Henrik Ibsen and Richard Eyre
Death of a Salesman Arthur Miller
Don Carlos Friedrich Schiller and Mike Poulton
Mary Stuart Friedrich Schiller and Peter Oswald
2007
The Crucible Arthur Miller
Donkey's Years Michael Frayn
A Moon for the Misbegotten Eugene O'Neill
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Edward Albee
2008
Saint Joan George Bernard Shaw
Boeing Boeing Marc Camoletti and Beverley Cross
Dealer's Choice Patrick Marber
Macbeth William Shakespeare
The Seagull Anton Chekhov and Christopher Hampton
2009
The Histories Michael Boyd
The Chalk Garden Enid Bagnold
The Norman Conquests Alan Ayckbourn

2010s[]

Year Play Writer
2010
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Tennessee Williams
Arcadia Tom Stoppard
The Misanthrope Molière
A Streetcar Named Desire Tennessee Williams
Three Days of Rain Richard Greenberg
A View from the Bridge Arthur Miller
2011
After the Dance Terence Rattigan
All My Sons Arthur Miller
King Lear William Shakespeare
When We Are Married J. B. Priestley
2012
Anna Christie Eugene O'Neill
Flare Path Terence Rattigan
Much Ado About Nothing William Shakespeare
Noises Off Michael Frayn
2013
Long Day's Journey Into Night Eugene O'Neill
Macbeth William Shakespeare
Old Times Harold Pinter
Twelfth Night William Shakespeare
2014
Ghosts Henrik Ibsen
The Amen Corner James Baldwin
Othello William Shakespeare
Private Lives Noël Coward
2015
A View from the Bridge Arthur Miller
A Streetcar Named Desire Tennessee Williams
My Night with Reg Kevin Elyot
Skylight David Hare
The Crucible Arthur Miller
2016
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom August Wilson
Hamlet William Shakespeare
Les Liaisons dangereuses Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
The Winter's Tale William Shakespeare
2017
Yerma Federico García Lorca
The Glass Menagerie Tennessee Williams
This House James Graham
Travesties Tom Stoppard
2018
Angels in America Tony Kushner
Hamlet William Shakespeare
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Edward Albee
Witness for the Prosecution Agatha Christie
2019
Summer and Smoke Tennessee Williams
King Lear William Shakespeare
The Lieutenant of Inishmore Martin McDonagh
The Price Arthur Miller

2020s[]

Year Play Writer
2020
Cyrano de Bergerac Edmond Rostand
Death of a Salesman Arthur Miller
Present Laughter Noël Coward
Rosmersholm Henrik Ibsen

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 |journal= (help)

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