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The Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Play is an annual award presented by the Evening Standard since 1955, in recognition of achievement in British theatre.

Winners and nominees

1950s

Ceremony Play Writer
1st
Tiger at the Gates Christopher Fry
2nd
Romanoff and Juliet Peter Ustinov
3rd
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll Ray Lawler
4th
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Tennessee Williams
5th
The Long and the Short and the Tall Willis Hall

1960s

Ceremony Play Writer
6th
The Caretaker Harold Pinter
7th
Becket Jean Anouilh (play) and Lucienne Hill (translation)
8th
The Caucasian Chalk Circle Bertolt Brecht and Eric Bentley
9th
Poor Bitos Jean Anouilh (play) and Lucienne Hill (translation)
10th
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Edward Albee
11th
The Killing of Sister George Frank Marcus
A Patriot for Me John Osborne
12th
Loot Joe Orton
13th
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg Peter Nichols
14th
The Hotel in Amsterdam John Osborne
15th
The National Health Peter Nichols

1970s

Ceremony Play Writer
16th
Home David Storey
17th
Butley Simon Gray
18th
Jumpers Tom Stoppard
19th
Saturday, Sunday, Monday Eduardo De Filippo (play), Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall (translation)
20th
The Norman Conquests Alan Ayckbourn
21st
Otherwise Engaged Simon Gray
22nd
Weapons of Happiness Howard Brenton
23rd
Just Between Ourselves Alan Ayckbourn
24th
Night and Day Tom Stoppard
25th
Amadeus Peter Shaffer

1980s

Ceremony Play Writer
26th
The Dresser Ronald Harwood
27th
Passion Play Peter Nichols
28th
The Real Thing Tom Stoppard
29th
"Master Harold"...and the Boys Athol Fugard
30th
Benefactors Michael Frayn
31st
Pravda David Hare and Howard Brenton
32nd
Les Liaisons Dangereuses Christopher Hampton
33rd
A Small Family Business Alan Ayckbourn
34th
Aristocrats Brian Friel
35th
Ghetto Joshua Sobol (play) and David Lan (translation)

1990s

Ceremony Play Writer
36th
Shadowlands William Nicholson
37th
Dancing at Lughnasa Brian Friel
38th
Angels in America Tony Kushner
39th
Arcadia Tom Stoppard
40th
Three Tall Women Edward Albee
41st
Pentecost David Edgar
42nd
Stanley Pam Gems
43rd
The Invention of Love Tom Stoppard
44th
Copenhagen Michael Frayn
45th
N/A

2000s

Ceremony Play Writer
46th
Blue/Orange Joe Penhall
47th

[1]

The Far Side of the Moon Robert Lepage
Mouth To Mouth Kevin Elyot
The Shape Of Things Neil LaBute
48th

[2]

A Number Caryl Churchill
The Lieutenant Of Inishmore Martin McDonagh
The York Realist Peter Gill
49th

[3]

Democracy Michael Frayn
After Mrs Rochester Polly Teale
Fallout Roy Williams
50th

[4][5]

The History Boys Alan Bennett
The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? Edward Albee
The Pillowman Martin McDonagh
51st

[6][7]

The Home Place Brian Friel
2,000 Years Mike Leigh
Bloody Sunday Richard Norton-Taylor
Harvest Richard Bean
52nd

[8][9]

Rock 'n' Roll Tom Stoppard
Frost/Nixon Peter Morgan
The Seafarer Conor McPherson
53rd

[10][11]

A Disappearing Number Complicité and Simon McBurney
Rafta, Rafta... Ayub Khan-Din
The Reporter Nicholas Wright
54th

[12][13]

The Pitmen Painters Lee Hall
Black Watch Gregory Burke
Now or Later Christopher Shinn
55th

[14][15]

Jerusalem Jez Butterworth
August: Osage County Tracy Letts
ENRON Lucy Prebble
Punk Rock Simon Stephens

2010s

Ceremony Play Writer
56th

[16][17]

Clybourne Park Bruce Norris
Cock Mike Bartlett
Sucker Punch Roy Williams
57th

[18][19]

The Heretic Richard Bean
One Man, Two Guvnors
Becky Shaw Gina Gionfriddo
Tribes Nina Raine
58th

[20][21]

Constellations Nick Payne
This House James Graham
Love and Information Caryl Churchill
59th

[22]

Chimerica Lucy Kirkwood
The Dark Earth and the Light Sky Nick Dear
The Effect Lucy Prebble
60th

[23][24]

The James Plays Rona Munro
Intimate Apparel Lynn Nottage
King Charles III Mike Bartlett
The Nether Jennifer Haley
61st

[25][26]

The Motherfucker with the Hat Stephen Adly Guirgis
Hangmen Martin McDonagh
The Father Florian Zeller (play) and Christopher Hampton (translation)
62nd

[27][28]

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child J. K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany
Father Comes Home From The Wars (Parts 1, 2 and 3) Suzan-Lori Parks
The Flick Annie Baker
63rd

[29][30]

The Ferryman Jez Butterworth
The Children Lucy Kirkwood
Ink James Graham
Oslo J. T. Rogers
64th

[31][32]

The Inheritance Matthew Lopez
Home, I’m Darling Laura Wade
John Annie Baker
The Lehman Trilogy Stefano Massini (play) and Ben Power (translation)
The Writer Ella Hickson
65th

[33][34]

Sweat Lynn Nottage
Downstate Bruce Norris
ear for eye debbie tucker green
Glass. Kill. Bluebeard. Imp. Caryl Churchill

2020s

Ceremony Play Writer
66th
Best of Enemies James Graham
Indecent Paula Vogel
Red Pitch Tyrell Williams
The Father and the Assassin Anupama Chandrasekhar
The Mirror and the Light Hilary Mantel and Ben Miles
67th
The Motive and the Cue Jack Thorne
Dear England James Graham
A Mirror Sam Holcroft
Retrograde Ryan Calais Cameron

Multiple awards

6 awards

3 awards

2 awards

See also

References

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External links

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evening_Standard_Theatre_Award_for_Best_Play