Designer of the Year
Winner: Farrah for Henry IV and Henry V, RSC at the Aldwych
Nominees:
- Eileen Diss for The Family Dance at the Criterion
- Farrah for Henry IV and Henry V, RSC at the Aldwych
- Ralph Koltai for Old World and Wild Oats, RSC at the Aldwych
- Alan Tagg for Confusions at the Apollo, Donkey’s Years at the Globe and Same Time Next Year at the Prince of Wales
Director of the Year
Winner: Jonathan Miller for The Three Sisters at the Cambridge
Nominees:
- Buzz Goodbody for Occupations and King Lear
- Terry Hands for Old World, Henry IV and Henry V, RSC at the Aldwych and The Merry Wives Of Windsor
- Jonathan Miller for The Three Sisters at the Cambridge
- Alan Strachan for Confusions, Shakespeare’s People and Yahoo at the Apollo
Actor of the Year in a Revival
Winner: Alan Howard for Henry IV and Henry V, RSC at the Aldwych
Nominees:
- Tom Conti for Don Juan and The Devil’s Disciple, RSC at the Aldwych
- Albert Finney for Hamlet and Tamburlaine the Great at the National Theatre
- Alan Howard for Henry IV and Henry V, RSC at the Aldwych
- Emrys James for Henry IV and Henry V, RSC at the Aldwych
Actress of the Year in a Revival
Winner: Dorothy Tutin for A Month In The Country at the Albery
Nominees:
- Susan Fleetwood for The Playboy Of The Western World, Hamlet and Tamburlaine The Great at the National Theatre
- Geraldine McEwan for On Approval at the Theatre Royal Haymarket
- Dorothy Tutin for A Month In The Country at the Albery
- Googie Withers for The Cherry Orchard and An Ideal Husband
Actor of the Year in a New Play
Winner: Paul Copley for For King And Country at the Mermaid
Nominees:
- Richard Beckinsale for Funny Peculiar at the Garrick
- Paul Copley for For King and Country at the Mermaid
- Frank Finlay for Watch It Come Down and Weapons Of Happiness at the National Theatre
- Alec McCowen for The Family Dance at the Criterion
Actress of the Year in a New Play
Winner: Peggy Ashcroft for Old World, RSC at the Aldwych
Nominees:
- Peggy Ashcroft for Old World, RSC at the Aldwych
- Pauline Collins for Engaged at the National Theatre
- Penelope Keith for Donkeys’ Years, at the Globe
- Joan Plowright for The Bed Before Yesterday at the Lyric
Comedy Performance of the Year
Winner: Penelope Keith for Donkeys’ Years, at the Globe
Nominees:
- Peter Barkworth for Crown Matrimonial at the Theatre Royal Haymarket
- Richard Beckinsale for Funny Peculiar at the Garrick
- Penelope Keith for Donkeys’ Years at the Globe
- Geraldine McEwan for Oh, Coward at the Criterion
Supporting Artist of the Year
Winner: Margaret Courtenay for Separate Tables at the Apollo
Nominees:
- Margaret Courtenay for Separate Tables at the Apollo
- Bill Fraser for The Fool, M. Perrichon’s Travels, Twelfth Night, The Circle at the Theatre Royal Haymarket
- Trevor Peacock for Henry IV, Henry V and The Merry Wives Of Windsor, RSC at the Aldwych
- Andre Van Gyseghem for Henry IV and Hamlet, RSC at the Aldwych
Comedy of the Year
Winner: Donkeys’ Years by Michael Frayn at the Globe
Nominees:
- The Bed Before Yesterday by Ben Travers at the Lyric
- Confusions by Alan Ayckbourn at the Apollo
- Donkeys’ Years by Michael Frayn at the Globe
- Funny Peculiar by Mike Stott at the Garrick
Musical of the Year
Winner: A Chorus Line conceived by Michael Bennett, book by James Kirkwood & Nicolas Dante, music by Marvin Hamlish, lyrics by Edward Kleban, at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Nominees:
- A Chorus Line conceived by Michael Bennett, book by James Kirkwood & Nicolas Dante, music by Marvin Hamlish, lyrics by Edward Kleban at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
- Ipi-Tombi by Bertah Egnos and Gail Lakier at Her Majesty’s
- Side By Side By Sondheim, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, music by Sytephen Sondheim and others including Richard Rodgers and Julie Styne at the Wyndham’s
- Very Good Eddie by Guy Bolton and Jerome Kern, lyrics by P.G Wodehouse at the Piccadilly
Play of the Year
Winner: Dear Daddy by Denis Cannan at the Ambassadors
Nominees:
- Dear Daddy by Denis Cannan at the Ambassadors
- For King And Country by John Wilson at the Mermaid
- Funny Peculiar by Mike Stott at the Garrick
- Old World by Arbuzov, adapted by A Nicolaeff, RSC at the Aldwych
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