1986 Laurence Olivier Awards

1986 Laurence Olivier Awards
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The 1986 Laurence Olivier Awards were held in 1986 in London celebrating excellence in West End theatre by the Society of London Theatre.

Winners and nominees

Play of the Year	Musical of the Year
Les liaisons dangereuses by Christopher Hampton – RSC at The Pit / Ambassadors Ourselves Alone by Anne Devlin – Royal Court The American Clock by Arthur Miller – National Theatre Cottesloe The Normal Heart by Larry Kramer – Royal Court	The Phantom of the Opera – Her Majesty's Chess – Prince Edward H.M.S. Pinafore – Old Vic Wonderful Town – Queen's
Comedy of the Year
When We Are Married by J. B. Priestley – Whitehall A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare – RSC at the Barbican Lend Me a Tenor by Ken Ludwig – Globe The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare – RSC at the Barbican
Actor of the Year	Actress of the Year
Albert Finney in Orphans – Apollo Derek Jacobi in Breaking the Code – Theatre Royal Haymarket Ian McKellen in The Cherry Orchard – National Theatre Cottesloe Martin Sheen in The Normal Heart – Royal Court	Lindsay Duncan in Les liaisons dangereuses – RSC at The Pit / Ambassadors Julia McKenzie in Woman in Mind – Vaudeville Juliet Stevenson in As You Like It – RSC at the Barbican, Les liaisons dangereuses – RSC at The Pit / Ambassadors and Troilus and Cressida – RSC at the Barbican Pit Irene Worth in The Bay at Nice – 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
Michael Crawford in The Phantom of the Opera – Her Majesty's Paul Bentley in H.M.S. Pinafore – Old Vic George Hearn in La Cage aux Folles – London Coliseum Tommy Korberg in Chess – Prince Edward	Lesley Mackie in Judy – Strand Maureen Lipman in Wonderful Town – Queen's Elaine Paige in Chess – Prince Edward Angela Richards in Side by Side by Sondheim – Royal Court
Comedy Performance of the Year
Bill Fraser in When We Are Married – Whitehall Brian Cox in Misalliance – RSC at the Barbican Nigel Hawthorne in The Magistrate – National Theatre Lyttelton Paul Scofield in I'm Not Rappaport – Apollo
Outstanding Performance of the Year in a Supporting Role
Paul Jesson in The Normal Heart – Royal Court Janet Dale in Othello and The Merry Wives of Windsor – RSC at the Barbican Nicky Henson in As You Like It and The Merry Wives of Windsor – RSC at the Barbican Fiona Shaw in As You Like It and Mephisto – RSC at the Barbican
Most Promising Newcomer of the Year in Theatre
Sally Dexter in Dalliance – National Theatre Lyttelton Simon Curtis for directing Ourselves Alone and Road – Royal Court Anne Devlin for writing Ourselves Alone – Royal Court Janet McTeer in The Grace of Mary Traverse – Royal Court
Director of the Year
Bill Alexander for The Merry Wives of Windsor – RSC at the Barbican Howard Davies for Les liaisons dangereuses – RSC at The Pit / Ambassadors Declan Donnellan for A Midsummer Night's Dream – Donmar Warehouse Peter Wood for The American Clock – National Theatre Cottesloe
Designer of the Year
William Dudley for Futurists – National Theatre Cottesloe, Kafka's Dick – Royal Court and The Merry Wives of Windsor – RSC at the Barbican Maria Björnson for The Phantom of the Opera – Her Majesty's Bob Crowley for As You Like It – RSC at the Barbican and Les liaisons dangereuses – RSC at The Pit / Ambassadors Carl Toms for Dalliance and The Magistrate – National Theatre Lyttelton
Outstanding Achievement of the Year in Dance
Ballet Rambert for its 60th Anniversary Season – Sadler's Wells The ensemble, Bolshoi Ballet – London Coliseum Michael Clark for his individual impact and contribution Irek Mukhamedov for principal dancing, Bolshoi Ballet – London Coliseum Jerome Robbins for a range of work performed by three companies Jorge Salavisa for artistic directing, Ballet Gulbenkian
Outstanding Achievement in Opera
Thomas Allen and Graham Clark in Doctor Faust, English National Opera – London Coliseum Harrison Birtwistle in The Mask of Orpheus, English National Opera – London Coliseum Anne Evans in The Ring Cycle, Welsh National Opera Kathryn Harries in The Ring Cycle, Welsh National Opera Stefanos Lazaridis for set designing Doctor Faust / The Mikado, English National Opera – London Coliseum
Award for Outstanding Achievement
The House of Bernarda Alba – Lyric Hammersmith Barbara Cook for performing – Donmar Warehouse / Albery The Gambler – Hampstead Robert Holman for writing Making Noise Quietly – Bush

Productions with multiple nominations and awards

The following 15 productions, including two operas, received multiple nominations:

• 5: Les liaisons dangereuses and The Merry Wives of Windsor
• 4: As You Like It
• 3: Chess, Doctor Faust, Ourselves Alone, The Normal Heart and The Phantom of the Opera
• 2: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Dalliance, H.M.S. Pinafore, The American Clock, The Magistrate, The Ring Cycle, When We Are Married and Wonderful Town

The following four productions received multiple awards:

• 2: Les liaisons dangereuses, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Phantom of the Opera and When We Are Married

See also

• 40th Tony Awards

External links

• Previous Olivier Winners – 1986