The Laurence Olivier Award for Best Revival is an annual award presented by the Society of London Theatre in recognition of the "world-class status of London theatre." The awards were established as the Society of West End Theatre Awards in 1976, and renamed in 1984 in honour of English actor and director Laurence Olivier.
This award was introduced in 1991, presented through to 1995, set aside from 1996 to 2002, and reintroduced for the 2003 Olivier Awards.
Winners and nominees 1990s Year Play WriterDirector 1991 Pericles William ShakespeareDavid Thacker Accidental Death of an Anarchist Dario FoTim Supple Kean Jean-Paul Sartre, Alexandre Dumas, père and Frank HauserSam Mendes The Wild Duck Henrik IbsenPeter Hall 1992 Hedda Gabler Henrik IbsenDeborah Warner Faith Healer Brian FrielJoe Dowling The Comedy of Errors William ShakespeareIan Judge Uncle Vanya Anton ChekhovSean Mathias 1993 An Inspector Calls J.B. PriestleyStephen Daldry Heartbreak House George Bernard ShawTrevor Nunn Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2 William ShakespeareAdrian Noble No Man's Land Harold PinterDavid Leveaux 1994 Machinal Sophie TreadwellStephen Daldry Medea Euripides and Alistair ElliotJonathan Kent The Deep Blue Sea Terence RattiganKarel Reisz The Winter's Tale William ShakespeareAdrian Noble 1995 As You Like It William ShakespeareDeclan Donellan Le Cid Pierre Corneille and Ranjit BoltJonathan Kent Les Parents terribles Jean Cocteau and Jeremy SamsSean Mathias Sweet Bird of Youth Tennessee WilliamsRichard Eyre
2000s Year Play WriterDirector 2003 Twelfth Night William ShakespeareTim Carroll Uncle Vanya Anton ChekhovSam Mendes Abigail's Party Mike LeighDavid Grindley A Streetcar Named Desire Tennessee WilliamsTrevor Nunn 2004 Mourning Becomes Electra Eugene O’NeillHoward Davies Absolutely! (Perhaps) Luigi Pirandello and Martin ShermanFranco Zeffirelli Caligula Albert Camus and David GreigMichael Grandage Of Mice and Men John SteinbeckJonathan Church 2005 Hamlet William ShakespeareTrevor Nunn All's Well That Ends Well William ShakespeareGregory Doran Endgame Samuel BeckettMatthew Warchus Journey's End R. C. SherriffDavid Grindley 2006 Hedda Gabler Henrik Ibsen and Richard EyreRichard Eyre Death of a Salesman Arthur MillerRobert Falls Don Carlos Friedrich Schiller and Mike PoultonMichael Grandage Mary Stuart Friedrich Schiller and Peter OswaldPhyllida Lloyd 2007 The Crucible Arthur MillerDominic Cooke Donkey's Years Michael FraynJeremy Sams A Moon for the Misbegotten Eugene O'NeillHoward Davies Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Edward AlbeeAnthony Page 2008 Saint Joan George Bernard ShawMarianne Elliott Boeing Boeing Marc Camoletti and Beverley CrossMatthew Warchus Dealer's Choice Patrick MarberSamuel West Macbeth William ShakespeareRupert Goold The Seagull Anton Chekhov and Christopher HamptonIan Rickson 2009 The Histories William ShakespeareMichael Boyd The Chalk Garden Enid BagnoldMichael Grandage The Norman Conquests Alan AyckbournMatthew Warchus
2010s Year Play WriterDirector 2010 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Tennessee WilliamsDebbie Allen Arcadia Tom StoppardDavid Leveaux The Misanthrope MolièreThea Sharrock A Streetcar Named Desire Tennessee WilliamsRob Ashford Three Days of Rain Richard GreenbergJamie Lloyd A View from the Bridge Arthur MillerLindsay Posner 2011 After the Dance Terence RattiganThea Sharrock All My Sons Arthur MillerHoward Davies King Lear William ShakespeareMichael Grandage When We Are Married J. B. PriestleyChristopher Luscombe 2012 Anna Christie Eugene O'NeillRob Ashford Flare Path Terence RattiganTrevor Nunn Much Ado About Nothing William ShakespeareJosie Rourke Noises Off Michael FraynLindsay Posner 2013 Long Day's Journey Into Night Eugene O'NeillAnthony Page Macbeth William ShakespeareJamie Lloyd Old Times Harold PinterIan Rickson Twelfth Night William ShakespeareTim Carroll 2014 Ghosts Henrik IbsenRichard Eyre The Amen Corner James BaldwinRufus Norris Othello William ShakespeareNicholas Hytner Private Lives Noël CowardJonathan Kent 2015 A View from the Bridge Arthur MillerIvo van Hove A Streetcar Named Desire Tennessee WilliamsBenedict Andrews My Night with Reg Kevin ElyotRobert Hastie Skylight David HareStephen Daldry The Crucible Arthur MillerYael Farber 2016 Ma Rainey's Black Bottom August WilsonDominic Cooke Hamlet William ShakespeareSimon Godwin Les Liaisons dangereuses Pierre Choderlos de LaclosJosie Rourke The Winter's Tale William ShakespeareKenneth Branagh & Rob Ashford 2017YermaFederico García LorcaSimon StoneThe Glass MenagerieTennessee WilliamsJohn TiffanyThis HouseJames GrahamJeremy HerrinTravestiesTom StoppardPatrick Marber2018 Angels in AmericaTony KushnerMarianne ElliottHamletWilliam ShakespeareRobert IckeWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?Edward AlbeeJames MacdonaldWitness for the ProsecutionAgatha ChristieLucy Bailey2019Summer and SmokeTennessee WilliamsRebecca FrecknallKing LearWilliam ShakespeareJonathan MunbyThe Lieutenant of InishmoreMartin McDonaghMichael GrandageThe PriceArthur MillerJonathan Church
2020s Year Play Writer Director2020Cyrano de BergeracEdmond RostandJamie LloydDeath of a SalesmanArthur MillerMarianne Elliott & Miranda CromwellPresent LaughterNoël CowardMatthew WarchusRosmersholmHenrik IbsenIan Rickson 2021 Not presented due to extended closing of theatre productions during COVID-19 pandemic2022ConstellationsNick PayneMichael LonghurstA NumberCaryl ChurchillLyndsey TurnerThe Normal HeartLarry KramerDominic CookeThe Tragedy of MacbethWilliam ShakespeareYael Farber2023A Streetcar Named DesireTennessee WilliamsRebecca FrecknallThe CrucibleArthur MillerLyndsey TurnerGoodCecil Philip TaylorDominic CookeJerusalemJez ButterworthIan Rickson2024VanyaAnton Chekhov; adapted by Simon Stephens Sam Yates The Effect Lucy PrebbleJamie Lloyd Macbeth William ShakespeareMax Webster Shirley Valentine Willy Russell Matthew Dunster2025 Oedipus Sophocles, Robert IckeRobert Icke The Importance of Being Earnest Oscar WildeMax Webster Machinal Sophie Treadwell Richard Jones Waiting for Godot Samuel Beckett James Macdonald2026All My SonsArthur MillerIvo van HoveArcadiaTom StoppardCarrie CracknellMuch Ado About NothingWilliam ShakespeareJamie LloydThe SeagullAnton ChekhovThomas Ostermeier
Multiple awards and nominations
Awards 2 awards
Hedda Gabler
Nominations 4 nominations
A Streetcar Named Desire Macbeth
3 nominations
The Crucible Hamlet Uncle Vanya
2 nominations
Death of a Salesman Hedda Gabler King Lear Machinal Twelfth Night A View from the Bridge Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? The Winter's Tale
See also Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play
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