1987 Laurence Olivier Awards

Edition of London theatre awards

1987 Laurence Olivier Awards

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The 1987 Laurence Olivier Awards were held in 1987 in London celebrating excellence in West End theatre by the Society of London Theatre.

## Winners and nominees

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Details of winners (in bold) and nominees, in each award category, per the Society of London Theatre.[1]

Play of the Year | Musical of the Year

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* Serious Money by Caryl Churchill – Royal Court
* A Lie of the Mind by Sam Shepard – Royal Court
* Lettice and Lovage by Peter Shaffer – Globe
* Sarcophagus by Vladimir Gubaryev – RSC at The Pit

* Follies – Shaftesbury
* Blues in the Night – Donmar Warehouse
* Kiss Me, Kate – Old Vic
* Up on the Roof – Donmar Warehouse

Comedy of the Year

* Three Men on a Horse by George Abbott and John Cecil Holm – National Theatre Cottesloe
* A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare – Open Air
* Groucho: A Life in Revue by Robert Fisher and Arthur Marx – Comedy
* Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare – Donmar Warehouse

Actor of the Year | Actress of the Year

* Michael Gambon as Eddie Carbone in A View from the Bridge – National Theatre Cottesloe
* Tokusaburo Arashi as Medea in Medea – National Theatre Olivier
* Hugh Quarshie as Jack Jefferson in The Great White Hope, as Belville in The Rover and as Arcite in The Two Noble Kinsmen – RSC at the Mermaid
* Nicholas Woodeson as Mike Levine in Flight and as Bessmertny in Sarcophagus – RSC at the Barbican Pit

* Judi Dench as Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra – National Theatre Olivier
* Miranda Richardson as Beth in A Lie of the Mind – Royal Court
* Maggie Smith as Halina Rodziewiczowna in Coming into Land – National Theatre Lyttelton and as Lettice Douffet in Lettice and Lovage – Globe
* Juliet Stevenson as Yerma in Yerma – National Theatre Cottesloe

Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actor in a Musical | Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actress in a Musical

* John Bardon and Emil Wolk as First Gangster and Second Gangster in Kiss Me, Kate – Old Vic
* Bernard Alane as Pierre Fontaine in Bless the Bride – Sadler's Wells
* Mark McGann as Scott in Up on the Roof – Donmar Warehouse
* Gary Olsen as Keith in Up on the Roof – Donmar Warehouse

* Nichola McAuliffe as Lilli Vanessi/Kate Minola in Kiss Me, Kate – Old Vic
* Dee Dee Bridgewater as Billie Holiday in Lady Day – Donmar Warehouse
* Julia McKenzie as Sally Durant Plummer in Follies – Shaftesbury
* Carol Woods as Performer in Blues in the Night – Donmar Warehouse

Comedy Performance of the Year

* John Woodvine as Sir John Falstaff in The Henrys – Old Vic
* Frank Ferrante as Groucho Marx in Groucho: A Life in Revue – Comedy
* Geoffrey Hutchings as Irwin in Three Men on a Horse – National Theatre Cottesloe
* Les Marsden as Harpo Marx in Groucho: A Life in Revue – Comedy

Outstanding Performance of the Year in a Supporting Role | Most Promising Newcomer of the Year in Theatre

* Michael Bryant as Enobarbus in Antony and Cleopatra and as The Fool King Lear – National Theatre Olivier
* Robin Bailey as Vassily Ivanyich Bazarov in Fathers and Sons – National Theatre Lyttelton
* Diane Bull as Louise Allington in Tons of Money – National Theatre Lyttelton
* Sheila Reid as Morag in When I Was a Girl I Used to Scream and Shout – Whitehall

* Suzan Sylvester as Catherine in A View from the Bridge – National Theatre Cottesloe
* Rudi Davies as Sally in A Lie of the Mind – Royal Court and as Dorcas Bellboys A Penny for a Song – RSC at the Barbican
* Nick Dear for writing The Art of Success – RSC at the Barbican Pit
* Imogen Stubbs as Helena in The Rover and as the Gaoler's Daughter The Two Noble Kinsmen – RSC at the Mermaid

Director of the Year

* Declan Donnellan for Macbeth, The Cid and Twelfth Night – Donmar Warehouse
* Alan Ayckbourn for A View from the Bridge – National Theatre Cottesloe
* Yukio Ninagawa for Macbeth – National Theatre Lyttelton and Medea – National Theatre Olivier
* Peter Stein for The Hairy Ape – National Theatre Lyttelton

Designer of the Year

* Lucio Fanti for The Hairy Ape – National Theatre Lyttelton
* Bob Crowley for A Penny for a Song and Macbeth – RSC at the Barbican
* William Dudley for Girlfriends – Playhouse, Kiss Me, Kate – Old Vic and Richard II – RSC at the Barbican
* Kappa Senoh for Macbeth – National Theatre Lyttelton

Outstanding Achievement of the Year in Dance | Outstanding Achievement in Opera

* Trisha Brown for her season – Sadler's Wells
* The ensemble for their season, London Contemporary Dance Theatre – Sadler's Wells
* Richard Alston for choreographing Dutiful Ducks and Pulcinella, Ballet Rambert – Sadler's Wells
* Ichikawa Ennosuke in The Thousand Cherries of Yoshitsune – Sadler's Wells
* Shards, Merce Cunningham Dance Company – Sadler's Wells

* Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk by English National Opera – London Coliseum
* Della Jones in The Barber of Seville, English National Opera – London Coliseum
* Carlos Kleiber for conducting Otello, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House
* Marie McLaughlin in Le nozze di Figaro, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House
* Eva Randová in Jenůfa, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House
* Yuri Temirkanov for artistic directing, Kirov Opera Orchestra – Royal Opera House

Award for Outstanding Achievement

* Thelma Holt for producing, International Festival – National
* Ghosts, Young Vic – Wyndham's
* Hampstead Theatre for overall high standard of work in 1987
* Barry Humphries in Back with a Vengeance – Strand

## Productions with multiple nominations and awards

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The following 17 productions received multiple nominations:

* 4: Kiss Me, Kate
* 3: A Lie of the Mind, A View from the Bridge, Groucho: A Life in Revue and Up on the Roof
* 2: A Penny for a Song, Antony and Cleopatra, Blues in the Night, Follies, Lettice and Lovage, Macbeth (Lyttelton), Medea, Sarcophagus, The Rover, The Two Noble Kinsmen, Three Men on a Horse and Twelfth Night

The following three productions received multiple awards:

* 2: A View from the Bridge, Antony and Cleopatra and Kiss Me, Kate

## See also

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* 41st Tony Awards

## References

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1. ^ "Olivier Winners 1987". officiallondontheatre.com. Society of London Theatre. Archived from the original on 25 May 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2022.

## External links

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* Previous Olivier Winners – 1987

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