Laurence Olivier Award for Best Director of a Play explained

Laurence Olivier Award for Best Director of a Play
Awarded For:	Best Director of a Play
Presenter:	Society of London Theatre
Year:	1991
Year2:	1995

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 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, along with Best Director of a Musical, when the original (and singular) Best Director award was divided. The new pair of awards were last presented in 1995, after which the original Best Director award returned to the roster of Olivier Awards.

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

• Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play
• Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play

References

• Web site: London Theatre Guide . The Laurence Olivier Awards: Full List of Winners, 1976-2008 . 1976-2008 . 20 . .PDF . The Society of London Theatre . 2008 . 2008-08-30.