Awards & Winners

1987 Laurence Olivier Award

Check winners and nominations of 1987 Laurence Olivier Award. Check awards winners of 12th Laurence Olivier Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

12th Laurence Olivier Awards

Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress

Judi Dench

Honored for : Antony and Cleopatra

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Nominee Nominated Work
Judi Dench Antony and Cleopatra
Maggie Smith Lettice And Lovage","Coming in to Land
Juliet Stevenson Yerma
Miranda Richardson A Lie of the Mind
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role

Michael Bryant

Honored for : King Lear, Antony and Cleopatra

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Nominee Nominated Work
Robin Bailey Fathers and Sons
Michael Bryant King Lear","Antony and Cleopatra
Diane Bull Tons of Money","A Small Family Business
Sheila Reid When I Was A Girl I Used To Scream And Shout
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor

Michael Gambon

Honored for : A View From The Bridge

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Nominee Nominated Work
Michael Gambon A View From The Bridge
Tokusaburo Arashi Medea
Hugh Quarshie The Two Noble Kinsmen","The Great White Hope","The Rover
Nicholas Woodeson Sarcophagus","Flight
Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Opera

English National Opera

Honored for : Lady Macbeth Of Mtsensk

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Nominee Nominated Work
English National Opera Lady Macbeth Of Mtsensk
Marie McLaughlin Le nozze di Figaro
Della Jones The Barber Of Seville
Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra
Under the direction of Yuri Temirkanov at the Royal Opera House
Carlos Kleiber Otello
Eva Randová Jenufa
Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance

Trisha Brown

(For her season at Sadler's Wells)

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Nominee Nominated Work
London Contemporary Dance Theatre
The London Contemporary Dance Theatre dancers for their season at Sadler's Wells
Richard Alston Pulcinella","Dutiful Ducks
Trisha Brown
For her season at Sadler's Wells
Merce Cunningham Dance Company Shards
Ichikawa Ennosuke III The Thousand Cherries of Yoshitsune
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical

Nichola McAuliffe

Honored for : Kiss Me Kate

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Nominee Nominated Work
Dee Dee Bridgewater Lady Day
Nichola McAuliffe Kiss Me Kate
Julia McKenzie Follies
Carol Woods Blues in the Night
Laurence Olivier Award for Most Promising Newcomer of the Year in Theatre

Suzan Sylvester

Honored for : A View From The Bridge

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Nominee Nominated Work
Suzan Sylvester A View From The Bridge
Rudi Davies A Penny For A Song","A Lie of the Mind
Nick Dear The Art of Success
Imogen Stubbs Two Noble Kinsmen","The Rover
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical

John Bardon, Emil Wolk

Honored for : Kiss Me Kate

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Nominee Nominated Work
John Bardon Kiss Me Kate
Emil Wolk Kiss Me Kate
Bernard Alane Bless the Bride
Mark McGann Up on the Roof
Gary Olsen Up on the Roof
Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy

John Cecil Holm, George Abbott

Honored for : Three Men On A Horse

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Nominee Nominated Work
Arthur Marx Groucho
Robert Fisher Groucho
William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream
John Cecil Holm Three Men On A Horse
George Abbott Three Men On A Horse
William Shakespeare Twelfth Night
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance

John Woodvine

Honored for : The Henry's

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Nominee Nominated Work
Frank Ferrante Groucho
Geoffrey Hutchings Three Men On A Horse
Les Marsden Groucho
John Woodvine The Henry's
Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical

Follies

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Nominee Nominated Work
Blues in the Night
Follies
Kiss Me Kate
Up on the Roof
Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play

Caryl Churchill

Honored for : Serious Money
(BBC Award for the Play of the Year)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Peter Shaffer Lettice and Lovage
BBC Award for the Play of the Year
Sam Shepard A Lie of the Mind
BBC Award for the Play of the Year
Vladimir Gubarev Sarcophagus
BBC Award for the Play of the Year
Caryl Churchill Serious Money
BBC Award for the Play of the Year
Laurence Olivier Award for Designer of the Year

Lucio Fanti

Honored for : The Hairy Ape
(and the design team)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Lucio Fanti The Hairy Ape
and the design team
Bob Crowley A Penny For A Song","Macbeth
William Dudley Richard II","Girlfriends","Kiss Me Kate
Kappa Senoh Macbeth
and the design team
Laurence Olivier Observer Award for Outstanding Achievement

Thelma Holt

(For producing the International Festival at the National Theatre)

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Nominee Nominated Work
The Hampstead Theatre Production
For overall high standard of work in 1987","The Observer Award for Outstanding Achievement
Thelma Holt
For producing the International Festival at the National Theatre
Barry Humphries Back With A Vengeance
Young Vic Ghosts
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Director

Declan Donnellan

Honored for : Le Cid, Twelfth Night, Macbeth

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Nominee Nominated Work
Declan Donnellan Le Cid","Twelfth Night","Macbeth
Alan Ayckbourn A View From The Bridge
Yukio Ninagawa Macbeth","Medea
Peter Stein The Hairy Ape