1984 Laurence Olivier Awards

1984 Laurence Olivier Awards

The 1984 Laurence Olivier Awards were held in 1984 in London celebrating excellence in West End theatre by the Society of London Theatre. These were the first awards to be held after Laurence Olivier consented to the awards being renamed in his honour.

Winners and nominees

Play of the Year	Musical of the Year
Benefactors by Michael Frayn – Vaudeville Master Harold and the Boys by Athol Fugard – National Theatre Cottesloe Poppie Nongena by Elsa Joubert and Sandra Kotze, adapted by Hilary Blecher – Donmar Warehouse Rat in the Skull by Ron Hutchinson – Royal Court	42nd Street – Theatre Royal Drury Lane Pump Boys and Dinettes – Piccadilly Starlight Express – Apollo Victoria The Hired Man – Astoria
Comedy of the Year
Up 'n' Under by John Godber – Donmar Warehouse Gymslip Vicar by Cliff Hanger – Donmar Warehouse Intimate Exchanges by Alan Ayckbourn – Ambassadors Two into One by Ray Cooney – Shaftesbury
Actor of the Year in a Revival	Actress of the Year in a Revival
Ian McKellen in Wild Honey – National Theatre Lyttelton Miles Anderson in Life Is a Dream – RSC at The Pit Emrys James in A New Way to Pay Old Debts – RSC at the Barbican Pit Peter McEnery in The Devils – RSC at the Barbican Pit	Vanessa Redgrave in The Aspern Papers – Theatre Royal Haymarket Glenda Jackson in Strange Interlude – Duke of York's Juliet Stevenson in Measure for Measure – RSC at the Barbican Zoë Wanamaker in Twelfth Night – RSC at the Barbican
Actor of the Year in a New Play	Actress of the Year in a New Play
Brian Cox in Rat in the Skull – Royal Court Ian Charleson in Fool for Love – National Theatre Cottesloe John Kani in Master Harold and the Boys – National Theatre Cottesloe Michael Pennington in Strider: The Story of a Horse – National Theatre Cottesloe	Thuli Dumakude in Poppie Nongena – Donmar Warehouse Brenda Blethyn in Benefactors – Vaudeville Julie Covington in Tom and Viv – Royal Court Julie Walters in Fool for Love – National Theatre Cottesloe
Actor of the Year in a Musical	Actress of the Year in a Musical
Paul Clarkson in The Hired Man – Astoria Tim Flavin in On Your Toes – Palace David Kernan in The Ratepayers' Iolanthe – Phoenix Lon Satton in Starlight Express – Apollo Victoria	Natalia Makarova in On Your Toes – Palace Julia Hills in The Hired Man – Astoria Clare Leach in 42nd Street – Theatre Royal Drury Lane Sheila White in Little Me – Prince of Wales
Comedy Performance of the Year
Maureen Lipman in See How They Run – Shaftesbury Lavinia Bertram in Intimate Exchanges – Ambassadors Leonard Rossiter in Loot – Ambassadors Michael Williams in Two into One – Shaftesbury
Actor of the Year in a Supporting Role	Actress of the Year in a Supporting Role
Edward Petherbridge in Strange Interlude – Duke of York's Ramolao Makhene in Master Harold and the Boys – National Theatre Cottesloe Richard O'Callaghan in Twelfth Night – RSC at the Barbican Timothy Spall in Saint Joan – National Theatre Olivier	Marcia Warren in Stepping Out – Duke of York's Clare Higgins in A Streetcar Named Desire – Mermaid Sophia Mgcina in Poppie Nongena – RSC at the Barbican Pit Zoë Wanamaker in The Time of Your Life – Lyric
Most Promising Newcomer of the Year in Theatre
Tim Flavin in On Your Toes – Palace Hilary Blecher, Elsa Joubert and Sandra Kotze for adapting, conceiving and directing Poppie Nongena – Donmar Warehouse Henry Goodman in The Comedy of Errors – RSC at the Barbican Clare Leach in 42nd Street – Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Director of the Year
Christopher Morahan for Wild Honey – National Theatre Lyttelton John Barton for Life Is a Dream – RSC at the Barbican Pit Michael Blakemore for Benefactors – Vaudeville Adrian Noble for The Comedy of Errors – RSC at the Barbican
Designer of the Year
John Gunter for Wild Honey – National Theatre Lyttelton Voytek Dolinski and Michael Levine for Strange Interlude – Duke of York's John Napier for Starlight Express – Apollo Victoria Carl Toms for The Aspern Papers – Theatre Royal Haymarket
Outstanding Achievement of the Year in a Musical
Ned Sherrin for conceiving The Ratepayers' Iolanthe – Phoenix Howard Goodall for scoring The Hired Man – Astoria John Napier for set designing Starlight Express – Apollo Victoria Starlight Express for the overall impact of the production – Apollo Victoria
Outstanding Individual Performance of the Year in a New Dance Production	Outstanding New Dance Production of the Year
David Bintley in Petrushka, Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet – Sadler's Wells Wayne Eagling in Different Drummer, The Royal Ballet – Royal Opera House Patricia Ruanne in Onegin, London Festival Ballet – London Coliseum	Giselle, Dance Theatre of Harlem – London Coliseum Consort Lessons, The Royal Ballet – Royal Opera House Intimate Pages, Ballet Rambert – Sadler's Wells Metamorphosis, Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet – Sadler's Wells
Outstanding Individual Performance of the Year in a New Opera Production	Outstanding New Opera Production of the Year
Philip Langridge in Osud, English National Opera – London Coliseum Edita Gruberová in I Capuleti e i Montecchi, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House Valerie Masterson in Mireille, English National Opera – London Coliseum Rosalind Plowright in Sicilian Vespers, English National Opera – London Coliseum	From the House of the Dead, Welsh National Opera La Calisto, London Sinfonietta and Opera Factory Sicilian Vespers, English National Opera – London Coliseum The Rape of Lucretia, English National Opera – London Coliseum
Society Special Award
Arnold Goodman

Productions with multiple nominations and awards

The following 18 productions, including one opera, received multiple nominations:

• 5: Starlight Express
• 4: Poppie Nongena, The Hired Man
• 3: 42nd Street, Benefactors, Master Harold and the Boys, On Your Toes, Strange Interlude and Wild Honey
• 2: Fool for Love, Intimate Exchanges, Life Is a Dream, Rat in the Skull, Sicilian Vespers, The Aspern Papers, The Comedy of Errors, The Ratepayers' Iolanthe, Twelfth Night and Two into One

The following two productions received multiple awards:

• 3: Wild Honey
• 2: On Your Toes

See also

• 38th Tony Awards

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.

External links

• Previous Olivier Winners – 1984