Laurence Olivier Award for Actor of the Year in a Revival

The Laurence Olivier Award for Actor of the Year in a Revival was 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.

Laurence Olivier Award for Actor of the Year in a Revival
Awarded for	Actor of the Year in a Revival
Location	England
Presented by	Society of London Theatre
First awarded	1976
Last awarded	1988
Website	officiallondontheatre.com/olivier-awards/

This award was presented from 1976 to 1984, then in 1985 the award was combined with the Actor of the Year in a New Play award to create the Best Actor award. The original Actor of the Year in a Revival award returned one last time, for the 1988 ceremony.

Winners and nominees

1970s

Year	Actor	Play	Character
1976
	Alan Howard	Henry IV, Part 1 and 2 and Henry V	Prince Hal / Henry V of England
	Tom Conti	Don Juan and The Devil's Disciple	Don Juan / Dick Dudgeon
	Albert Finney	Hamlet and Tamburlaine the Great	Prince Hamlet / Tamburlaine
	Emrys James	Henry IV, Part 1 and 2 and Henry V	Henry IV of England / Chorus
1977
	Ian McKellen	Pillars of the Community	Karsten Bernick
	Alan Howard	Wild Oats	Rover
	Derek Jacobi	Hamlet	Prince Hamlet
	Donald Sinden	King Lear	King Lear
1978
	Alan Howard	Coriolanus	Gaius Marcius Coriolanus
	Derek Jacobi	Ivanov	Nikolai Ivanov
	Timothy West	The Homecoming	Max
	Nicol Williamson	Inadmissible Evidence	Bill Maitland
1979
	Warren Mitchell	Death of a Salesman	Willy Loman
	Michael Bryant	Strife	David Roberts
	Jonathan Pryce	The Taming of the Shrew	Petruchio
	Patrick Stewart	The Merchant of Venice	Shylock

1980s

Year	Actor	Play	Character
1980
	Jonathan Pryce	Hamlet	Prince Hamlet
	Michael Gambon	The Life of Galileo	Galileo
	Alec McCowen	The Browning Version and Harlequinade	Andrew Crocker-Harris / Arthur Gosport
	Bob Peck	Othello	Iago
1981
	Daniel Massey	Man and Superman	Jack Tanner
	Warren Mitchell	The Caretaker	Davies
	David Suchet	The Merchant of Venice	Shylock
	John Wood	The Provoked Wife	Brute
1982
	Stephen Moore	A Doll's House	Torvold Helmer
	Joss Ackland	Henry IV, Part 1 and 2	Falstaff
	Trevor Peacock	Hobson's Choice	Henry Horatio Hobson
	Donald Sinden	Uncle Vanya	Vanya
1983
	Derek Jacobi	Cyrano de Bergerac	Cyrano de Bergerac
	Alan Bates	A Patriot for Me	Alfred Redl
	Rex Harrison	Heartbreak House	Shotover
	Bob Peck	King Lear	Lear
1984
	Ian McKellen	Wild Honey	Platonov
	Miles Anderson	Life Is a Dream	Sigismund
	Emrys James	A New Way to Pay Old Debts	Sir Giles
	Peter McEnery	The Devils	De Laubardemont
1988
	Brian Cox	Titus Andronicus	Titus Andronicus
	Alun Armstrong	The Jew of Malta and The Father	Barabas / The Captain
	Antony Sher	The Merchant of Venice and Hello and Goodbye	Shylock / Johnnie
	Tom Wilkinson	An Enemy of the People	Dr. Stockmann

References

• London Theatre Guide (2008). "The Laurence Olivier Awards: Full List of Winners, 1976-2008" (.PDF). 1976-2008. The Society of London Theatre. p. 20. Retrieved 2008-08-30.

External links

• Official website