Laurence Olivier Award for Best Director of a Play

The Laurence Olivier Award for Best Director of a Play was 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.

Laurence Olivier Award
for Best Director of a Play
Awarded forBest Director of a Play
Location United Kingdom
Presented byThe Society of London Theatre
Currently held byDeclan Donnellan for As You Like It (1995)
WebsiteOlivier Awards.com

The Best Director award was briefly divided in 1991, introducing this award as well as Best Director of a Musical. The two awards were later retired in 1995.

Winners and nominees

1990s
Year Director Production
1991
David Thacker Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Richard Eyre Richard III and White Chameleon
Nicholas Hytner The Wind in the Willows
Patrick Mason Dancing at Lughnasa
1992
Deborah Warner Hedda Gabler
Declan Donnellan Angels in America
Ian Judge The Comedy of Errors
Sean Mathias Uncle Vanya
1993
Stephen Daldry An Inspector Calls
Simon McBurney The Street of Crocodiles
Sam Mendes The Rise and Fall of Little Voice
Adrian Noble Henry IV
1994
Stephen Daldry Machinal
Phyllida Lloyd Hysteria
Adrian Noble The Winter's Tale
Trevor Nunn Arcadia
1995
Declan Donnellan As You Like It
Sean Mathias Les Parents terribles
Simon McBurney The Three Lives of Lucie Cabrol
Katie Mitchell Ghosts

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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