1993 Laurence Olivier Awards

1993 Laurence Olivier Awards

The 1993 Laurence Olivier Awards were held in 1993 in London celebrating excellence in West End theatre by the Society of London Theatre.

Winners and nominees

Play of the Year	Best New Musical
Six Degrees of Separation by John Guare – Royal Court / Comedy Someone Who'll Watch Over Me by Frank McGuinness – Vaudeville The Gift of the Gorgon by Peter Shaffer – RSC at the Barbican Pit / Wyndham's The Street of Crocodiles by Bruno Schulz, adapted by Simon McBurney and Mark Wheathy – National Theatre Cottesloe	Crazy for You – Prince Edward Assassins – Donmar Warehouse Grand Hotel – Dominion Kiss of the Spider Woman – Shaftesbury
Best Revival of a Play or Comedy	Best Musical Revival
An Inspector Calls – National Theatre Lyttelton Heartbreak House – Theatre Royal Haymarket Henry IV – RSC at the Barbican No Man's Land – Comedy	Carousel – National Theatre Lyttelton Annie Get Your Gun – Prince of Wales Lady, Be Good – Regent's Park Open Air
Best Comedy	Best Entertainment
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice by Jim Cartwright – National Theatre Cottesloe / Aldwych Lost in Yonkers by Neil Simon – Strand On the Piste by John Godber – Garrick	Travels with My Aunt – Wyndham's / Whitehall Ennio Marchetto – Whitehall The Blue Angel – Globe The Invisible Man – Vaudeville
Best Actor	Best Actress
Robert Stephens in Henry IV – RSC at the Barbican Kenneth Cranham in An Inspector Calls – National Theatre Lyttelton Paul Eddington in No Man's Land – Comedy Paul Scofield in Heartbreak House – Theatre Royal Haymarket	Alison Steadman in The Rise and Fall of Little Voice – National Theatre Cottesloe / Aldwych Stockard Channing in Six Degrees of Separation – Royal Court / Comedy Judi Dench in The Gift of the Gorgon – RSC at the Barbican Pit / Wyndham's Jane Horrocks in The Rise and Fall of Little Voice – National Theatre Cottesloe / Aldwych
Best Actor in a Musical	Best Actress in a Musical
Henry Goodman in Assassins – Donmar Warehouse Brent Carver in Kiss of the Spider Woman – Shaftesbury Michael Hayden in Carousel – National Theatre Lyttelton Kirby Ward in Crazy for You – Prince Edward	Joanna Riding in Carousel – National Theatre Lyttelton Kim Criswell in Annie Get Your Gun – Prince of Wales Ruthie Henshall in Crazy for You – Prince Edward Kelly Hunter in The Blue Angel – Globe
Best Comedy Performance
Simon Cadell in Travels with My Aunt – Wyndham's / Whitehall Sara Crowe in Hay Fever – Albery Guy Henry in The Alchemist – RSC at the Barbican Robert Lindsay in Cyrano de Bergerac – Theatre Royal Haymarket
Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Julian Glover in Henry IV – RSC at the Barbican Robin Bailey in Trelawny of the Wells – National Theatre Olivier David Bradley in Henry IV: Part 2 – RSC at the Barbican Martin Shaw in An Ideal Husband – Globe	Barbara Leigh-Hunt in An Inspector Calls – National Theatre Lyttelton Annette Badland in The Rise and Fall of Little Voice – National Theatre Cottesloe / Aldwych Elizabeth Bradley in Billy Liar – National Theatre Cottesloe Rosemary Harris in Lost in Yonkers – Strand
Best Supporting Performance in a Musical
Janie Dee in Carousel – National Theatre Lyttelton Ian Bartholomew in Radio Times – Queen's Chris Langham in Crazy for You – Prince Edward Clive Rowe in Carousel – National Theatre Lyttelton
Best Director of a Play	Best Director of a Musical
Stephen Daldry for An Inspector Calls – National Theatre Lyttelton Simon McBurney for The Street of Crocodiles – National Theatre Cottesloe Sam Mendes for The Rise and Fall of Little Voice – National Theatre Cottesloe / Aldwych Adrian Noble for Henry IV – RSC at the Barbican	Nicholas Hytner for Carousel – National Theatre Lyttelton Sam Mendes for Assassins – Donmar Warehouse Mike Ockrent for Crazy for You – Prince Edward Harold Prince for Kiss of the Spider Woman – Shaftesbury
Best Theatre Choreographer
Susan Stroman for Crazy for You – Prince Edward Kenneth MacMillan for Carousel – National Theatre Lyttelton Marcello Magni for The Street of Crocodiles – National Theatre Cottesloe Tommy Tune for Grand Hotel – Dominion
Best Set Designer
Ian MacNeil for An Inspector Calls – National Theatre Lyttelton Bob Crowley for Carousel – National Theatre Lyttelton, Henry IV – RSC at the Barbican and No Man's Land – Comedy Jerome Sirlin for Kiss of the Spider Woman – Shaftesbury Robin Wagner for Crazy for You – Prince Edward
Best Costume Designer	Best Lighting Designer
William Dudley for Heartbreak House – Theatre Royal Haymarket, Pygmalion – National Theatre Olivier and The Rise and Fall of Little Voice – National Theatre Cottesloe / Aldwych Bob Crowley for Carousel – National Theatre Lyttelton and Hamlet – RSC at the Barbican Anthony Powell for Hay Fever – Albery and Trelawny of the Wells – National Theatre Olivier Carl Toms for An Ideal Husband – Globe	Howell Binkley for Kiss of the Spider Woman – Shaftesbury Paule Constable for The Street of Crocodiles – National Theatre Cottesloe Rick Fisher for An Inspector Calls – National Theatre Lyttelton Jean Kalman for A Midsummer Night's Dream – National Theatre Olivier
Outstanding Achievement in Dance	Best New Dance Production
Siobhan Davies for choreographing Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues, The Royal Ballet – Royal Opera House David Bintley for choreographing Tombeaux, Rambert Dance Company – Royalty Lez Brotherston for set and costume designing the season, Northern Ballet Theatre – Royalty Joseph Cipolla in The Green Table, Birmingham Royal Ballet – Sadler's Wells	The Judas Tree, The Royal Ballet – Royal Opera House Catalyst, The Australian Ballet – London Coliseum Donizetti Variations, Les Patineurs and Witchboy, London City Ballet – Sadler's Wells Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues, Rambert Dance Company – Royalty
Outstanding Achievement in Opera	Outstanding New Opera Production
Edward Downes for conducting Stiffelio and The Fiery Angel, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House Bernard Haitink for conducting Die Frau ohne Schatten, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House Philip Langridge in Death in Venice, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House Júlia Várady in Der fliegende Holländer, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House	Stiffelio, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House Death in Venice, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House Der fliegende Holländer by The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House The Fiery Angel, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House
Award for Outstanding Achievement
Medea, No Man's Land, The Deep Blue Sea and The Rules of the Game for riding the crest of its own wave with great style and giving glamour a good name on the fringe – Almeida Kenneth Branagh for an ebullient performance (his best on the stage for years) in Hamlet – RSC at the Barbican Eddie Izzard an accomplished and original comedian, the bloke in a frock, who held audiences spellbound for two-and-a-half-hours in his West End debut – Ambassadors Robert Lepage for an astonishing solo trip on drugs, jazz and Jean Cocteau with a technologically refined use of film and acrobatics in Needles and Opium – National Theatre Cottesloe John Osborne for refusing to lie down and completing the circle begun by Look Back in Anger with the energetic update on Jimmy Porter with Déjà Vu – Comedy Billy Roche for his irresistible tapestry of slowly changing Irish life in the pool hall, the betting shop and the belfry in The Wexford Trilogy – Bush
Society Special Award
Kenneth MacMillan

Productions with multiple nominations and awards

The following 25 productions, including one ballet and four operas, received multiple nominations:

• 9: Carousel
• 7: Crazy for You
• 6: An Inspector Calls, Henry IV and The Rise and Fall of Little Voice
• 5: Kiss of the Spider Woman
• 4: The Street of Crocodiles
• 3: Assassins, Heartbreak House and No Man's Land
• 2: An Ideal Husband, Annie Get Your Gun, Death in Venice, Der fliegende Holländer, Grand Hotel, Hay Fever, Lost in Yonkers, Six Degrees of Separation, Stiffelio, The Blue Angel, The Fiery Angel, The Gift of the Gorgon, Travels with My Aunt, Trelawny of the Wells and Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues

The following six productions received multiple awards:

• 4: An Inspector Calls and Carousel
• 3: The Rise and Fall of Little Voice
• 2: Crazy for You, Henry IV and Travels with My Aunt

See also

• 47th 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 – 1993