Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play
| Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best New Play |
| Location | United Kingdom |
| Presented by | The Society of London Theatre |
| Currently held by | Leopoldstadt (2020) |
| Website | olivierawards |
The Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play 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 Laurence Olivier.
The award was originally entitled Play of the Year but was later renamed in 2001.
Winners and nominees
1970s
| Year | Play | Writer |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | ||
| Dear Daddy | Denis Cannan | |
| For King and Country | John Wilson | |
| Funny Peculiar | Mike Stott | |
| Old World | Aleksei Arbuzov and Ariadne Nicolaeff | |
| 1977 | ||
| The Fire that Consumes | Henry de Montherlant, Vivian Cox and Bernard Miles | |
| Cause Célèbre | Terence Rattigan | |
| Dusa, Fish, Stas and Vi | Pam Gems | |
| State of Revolution | Robert Bolt | |
| 1978 | ||
| Whose Life is It Anyway? | Brian Clark | |
| Half-Life | Julian Mitchell | |
| Lark Rise | Flora Thompson and Keith Dewhurst | |
| Plenty | David Hare | |
| 1979 | ||
| Betrayal | Harold Pinter | |
| Night and Day | Tom Stoppard | |
| The Crucifer of Blood | Arthur Conan Doyle and Paul Giovanni | |
| Undiscovered Country | Arthur Schnitzler and Tom Stoppard |
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
| Year | Play | Writer |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | ||
| Leopoldstadt | Tom Stoppard | |
| A Very Expensive Poison | Lucy Prebble | |
| The Doctor | Robert Icke | |
| The Ocean at the End of the Lane | Joel Horwood |
Multiple awards and nominations for Best New Play
Awards
- Two awards
Nominations
- Seven nominations
- Three nominations
- Two nominations
- Jez Butterworth
- David Edgar
- Michael Frayn
- Brian Friel
- Pam Gems
- Ronald Harwood
- Terry Johnson
- Julian Mitchell
- Frank McGuinness
- Simon Stephens
See also
References
- London Theatre Guide (2008). "The Laurence Olivier Awards: Full List of Winners, 1976-2008" (Document). The Society of London Theatre. p. 20.
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