Awards & Winners

Alan Ayckbourn

Date of Birth 12-April-1939
Place of Birth Hampstead
(London, England, United Kingdom)
Nationality United Kingdom
Also know as Sir Alan Ayckbourn, Peter Caulfield, Roland Allen, Sir Alan Ayckbourn CBE, Sir Alan Ayckbourn, CBE
Profession Playwright, Writer, Theatre Director, Screenwriter
Sir Alan Ayckbourn, CBE is a prolific English playwright. He has written and produced more than seventy full-length plays in Scarborough and London and was, between 1972 and 2009, the artistic director of the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough, where all but four of his plays have received their first performance. More than 40 have subsequently been produced in the West End, at the Royal National Theatre or by the Royal Shakespeare Company since his first hit Relatively Speaking opened at the Duke of York's Theatre in 1967. Major successes include Absurd Person Singular, The Norman Conquests trilogy, Bedroom Farce, Just Between Ourselves, A Chorus of Disapproval, Woman in Mind, A Small Family Business, Man Of The Moment, House & Garden and Private Fears in Public Places. His plays have won numerous awards, including seven London Evening Standard Awards. They have been translated into over 35 languages and are performed on stage and television throughout the world. Ten of his plays have been staged on Broadway, attracting two Tony nominations, and one Tony award.

Awards by Alan Ayckbourn

Check all the awards nominated and won by Alan Ayckbourn.

2010


Special Tony Award
(For Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre)

Nominations 2010 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play My Wonderful Day

2008


Nominations 2008 »

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Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play Intimate Exchanges

2006


Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play Private Fears in Public Places

2003


Nominations 2003 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy Damsels in Distress

2001


Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy House & Garden
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play Comic Potential

2000


Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy Comic Potential

1999


Nominations 1999 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy Things We Do for Love

1997


Nominations 1997 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival By Jeeves

1996


Nominations 1996 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy Communicating Doors

1994


Nominations 1994 »

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Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy Time of My Life

1990


Nominations 1990 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play Man Of The Moment
BBC Award for the Play of the Year

1988


Nominations 1988 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy Henceforward...
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play Woman in Mind

1987


Nominations 1987 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Director A View From The Bridge

1984


Nominations 1984 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy Intimate Exchanges

1982


Nominations 1982 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy Season's Greetings

1980


Nominations 1980 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy Sisterly feelings

1979


Nominations 1979 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Play Bedroom Farce
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play Bedroom Farce
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play Bedroom Farce

1978


Nominations 1978 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy Ten times table
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Drama Series The Norman Conquests: Table Manners
Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series","The Norman Conquests: Table Manners","The Norman Conquests: Round and Round the Garden","The Norman Conquests: Living Together

1977


Nominations 1977 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy Bedroom Farce

1976


Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience
Honored for : The Norman Conquests: Table Manners
Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience
Honored for : The Norman Conquests: Living Together
Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience
Honored for : The Norman Conquests: Round and Round the Garden

Nominations 1976 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy Confusions
Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience The Norman Conquests: Round and Round the Garden
Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience The Norman Conquests: Living Together
Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience The Norman Conquests: Table Manners

1975


Nominations 1975 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play (Foreign) Absurd Person Singular