Laurence Olivier Award
for Best Revival
Awarded forBest Revival
Location England
Presented bySociety of London Theatre
First awarded1991
Currently held byA Streetcar Named Desire (2023)
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The Laurence Olivier Award for Best Revival is an annual award presented by the Society of London Theatre in recognition of achievements in commercial London theatre. The awards were established as the Society of West End Theatre Awards in 1976, and renamed in 1984 in honour of English actor and director Laurence Olivier.

This award was introduced in 1991, presented through to 1995, set aside from 1996 to 2002, and reintroduced for the 2003 Olivier Awards.

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
2021 Not presented due to extended closing of theatre productions during COVID-19 pandemic[A]
2022[A]
Constellations Nick Payne
A Number Caryl Churchill
The Normal Heart Larry Kramer
The Tragedy of Macbeth William Shakespeare
2023
A Streetcar Named Desire Tennessee Williams
The Crucible Arthur Miller
Good Cecil Philip Taylor
Jerusalem Jez Butterworth
  1. ^ a b Due to late March 2020[1] to late July 2021[2] closing of London theatre productions during the COVID-19 pandemic in England, the 2022 awards recognise productions that launched anytime from February 2020 to February 2022[3]

Multiple awards and nominations

Awards

2 awards

Nominations

4 nominations

3 nominations

2 nominations

See also

References

  1. ^ Johnson, The Rt Hon Boris, MP (2020-03-23). Prime Minister's statement on coronavirus (COVID-19): 23 March 2020 [transcript] (Speech). Prime Minister's Televised Speech to the United Kingdom. www.gov.uk. London, UK. Archived from the original on 2020-06-09. Retrieved 2022-04-25. From this evening I must give the British people a very simple instruction — you must stay at home.((cite speech)): CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ McPhee, Ryan (2021-06-14). "U.K. Postpones Reopening Roadmap; West End Theatres Will No Longer Reopen in Full in June". Playbill. Archived from the original on 2021-06-14. Retrieved 2022-04-25. Step 4 of the roadmap will allow productions to play without capacity restrictions. June 21 was the goal; now, the government is eyeing July 19.
  3. ^ Thomas, Sophie (2022-03-08). "Everything you need to know about the Olivier Awards". londontheatre.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2022-04-11. Retrieved 2022-04-25. Any new production that opened between 19 Feb. 2020 to 22 Feb. 2022 are eligible for categories in the 2022 Olivier Awards. With two years worth of shows set for honours in one year's ceremony, the 2022 Olivier Awards will prove tougher competition than before.

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