Awards for young British actors
The Ian Charleson Awards are theatrical awards that reward the best classical stage performances in Britain by actors under age 30. The awards are named in memory of the British actor
Ian Charleson , and are run by the
Sunday Times newspaper and the
National Theatre . The awards were established in 1990 after Charleson's death, and have been awarded annually since then. Sunday Times theatre critic
John Peter (1938–2020) initiated the creation of the awards, particularly in memory of Charleson's extraordinary Hamlet,
[1] which he had performed shortly before his death.
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[4] Recipients receive a cash prize, as do runners-up and third-place winners.
The awards' current definition of a classical play is one written before 1918. The awards for the previous year's performances are presented in the spring of the following year. The winners for 2022 were announced 28 May 2023, and first prize went to Rilwan Abiola Owokoniran.
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Background and description
The
Sunday Times chief drama critic
John Peter saw and reviewed
Ian Charleson 's extraordinary Hamlet at the
National Theatre in late 1989.
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[1] Unbeknownst to the audience, Charleson performed it during the last weeks of his life while he was seriously ill with AIDS, and died in January 1990 at the age of 40 eight weeks after his final performance. In November 1990, in memory of Charleson's fine performance, Peter established the annual Ian Charleson Award, to recognize and reward the best classical stage performance by an actor under age 30.
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[1] The awards are jointly sponsored by The Sunday Times and the National Theatre, where they are held.
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Upon founding the awards, Peter noted:
Classical work is the solid bedrock of all acting. It is classical acting, with its twin demands of psychological perception and formal excellence, which truly tests and proves the actor's ability and stamina, both physical and mental.
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The first annual Ian Charleson Award was presented in January 1991.
[9] The awards initially defined a classic play as one written prior to 1900;
[7] by the awards for 1992 this parameter had been extended to plays written by 1904,
[10] the year of Chekhov's death;
[11] this cut-off was extended to 1918 at the awards for 2008.
[12] The awards are presented at a friendly, low-key private luncheon at one of the restaurants at the National Theatre. There is no filming and no outside press, and there are no acceptance speeches; the awards are attended however by Britain's theatre royalty, who take great interest in preserving the foundations of their profession.
[2] Guests of honour have included
Alec Guinness ,
Paul Scofield ,
Ian McKellen , and
Prince Charles .
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Recipients receive a cash prize, as do runners-up and third-place winners. All shortlist nominees who are not cash-prize recipients receive a "commendation". Winners and commendees receive a plaque signed by the judges, who usually number four (a theatre critic, an actor, a casting director, and an artistic director) and until the awards for 2016 always included John Peter.
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The awards for the previous year's performances are presented the following year, generally in the spring. The prize money is as follows: 1st prize £5,000;
[2] 2nd prize £1,500 (sometimes £2,000 or £2,500); and 3rd prize £500.
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1990s
1990
First prize
Second prize
Special commendation
Commendation
1991
First prize
Second prize
Special commendation
Commendations
1992
First prize
Second prize
Special commendation
Commendations
1993
First prize
Second prize
Third prize
Commendations
1994
First prize
Second prize
Third prize
Commendations
1995
First prize
Second prize
Third prize
Commendations
1996
First prize
Second prize
Third prize
Special commendation
Commendations
1997
First prize
Second prize
Special commendations
Commendations
Kate Ashfield , for Marie in
Woyzeck (
Gate Theatre )
Toby Cockerell, for Katherine and the Boy in
Henry V (
Shakespeare's Globe )
Dominic Curtis, for Orlando in
As You Like It (
Perth Theatre )
Anne-Marie Duff , for Cordelia in
King Lear (
National Theatre )
Ray Fearon , for Romeo in
Romeo and Juliet (
Royal Shakespeare Company )
Zoe Waites, for Juliet in Romeo and Juliet (Royal Shakespeare Company)
Victoria Hamilton , for Lady Brute in
The Provok'd Wife (
Peter Hall Company )
Andrew Howard , for Orestes in
Electra (
Minerva Theatre, Chichester ;
Donmar Warehouse )
Jason Hughes , for Pleribo, Adraste, and Prince Florilame in
The Illusion (
Royal Exchange Theatre , Manchester)
Julia Sawalha , for Melibea, Isabelle, and Hippolyta in
The Illusion (Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester)
Paul McEneany, for Mustardseed and Flute in
A Midsummer Night's Dream (
Lyric Theatre ,
Belfast )
Lise Stevenson, for Isabella in Measure for Measure (
Nottingham Playhouse )
1998
First prize
Second prize
Third prize
Commendations
Kathy Kiera Clarke, for Medea in
Medea (
Citizens Theatre , Glasgow)
Hermione Gulliford , for Olivia in
Twelfth Night (
Crucible Theatre , Sheffield)
Thusitha Jayasundera , for Viola in
Twelfth Night (
Young Vic )
Susan Lynch , for Katerina in
The Storm (
Almeida Theatre )
Stephen Mangan , for Don Pedro in
Much Ado About Nothing (
Cheek by Jowl ), and Sir Benjamin Backbite in
The School for Scandal (
Royal Shakespeare Company )
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Matthew Macfadyen , for Benedick in
Much Ado About Nothing (
Cheek by Jowl ), and Charles Surface in
The School for Scandal (Royal Shakespeare Company)
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Jo McInnes, for Sonya in
Uncle Vanya (Royal Shakespeare Company)
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David Oyelowo , for the King in
The Suppliants (
Gate Theatre )
Kelly Reilly , for Peggy Riley in
The London Cuckolds (
National Theatre )
1999
First prize
Second prize
Third prize
Commendations
Ariyon Bakare , for Florindo in
The Servant of Two Masters (
Royal Shakespeare Company ,
Young Vic )
Emma Cunniffe , for Hilde in The Master Builder (
English Touring Theatre )
Jude Law , for Giovanni in
'Tis Pity She's a Whore (
Young Vic )
Aidan McArdle , for Rodrigo in
Othello , and Puck in
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Royal Shakespeare Company)
Patrick Moy, for Malcolm in
Macbeth (
Royal Lyceum Theatre , Edinburgh)
Kirsten Parker, for Viola in
Twelfth Night (
Theatr Clwyd )
Claire Price , for Princess Eboli in
Don Carlos (Royal Shakespeare Company)
Iain Robertson , for Adam/Isaac/Shepherd in
The Mysteries (National Theatre)
2000s
2000
First prize
Second prize
Third prize
Commendations
Nancy Carroll , for Lady Percy in
Henry VI, Part 1 (Royal Shakespeare Company)
James O'Donnell, for Page and Ostler in
Henry VI (Royal Shakespeare Company)
Joe Renton, for Peto in
Henry VI (Royal Shakespeare Company)
Chiwetel Ejiofor , for Romeo in
Romeo and Juliet (
National Theatre )
Martin Hutson, for Silvius in As You Like It (
Crucible Theatre , Sheffield)
Molly Innes, for Electra in
Electra (Theatre Babel)
Justine Waddell , for Nina in
The Seagull (Royal Shakespeare Company)
David Tennant , for Antipholus of Syracuse in
The Comedy of Errors (RSC)
Sam Troughton , for Young Talbot in
Henry VI, Part 1 (Royal Shakespeare Company)
2001
First prize
Second prize
Third prize
Commendations
Claire Cox , for Portia in
Julius Caesar (Royal Shakespeare Company)
Benedict Cumberbatch , for the King of Navarre in
Love's Labour's Lost (
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre )
August Diehl , for Konstantin
The Seagull (
Edinburgh Festival )
John Hopkins , for Octavius in
Julius Caesar (Royal Shakespeare Company)
Johanna Wokalek , for Nina in
The Seagull (
Edinburgh Festival )
Martin Hutson, for Oswald in
Ghosts (
Comedy Theatre )
Gerald Kyd , for the King of Bavarre in
Love's Labour's Lost (
English Touring Theatre )
Kevin Lennon, for Giovanni in
'Tis Pity She's a Whore (Theatre Babel, Glasgow)
Kirsten Parker, for the Princess in
Love's Labour's Lost (
English Touring Theatre )
Sam Troughton , for Richmond in
Richard III (Royal Shakespeare Company)
Zubin Varla , for Caliban in
The Tempest (Royal Shakespeare Company)
Kaye Wragg , for Sonya in
Uncle Vanya (
Royal Exchange Theatre , Manchester)
2002
First prize
Second prize
Third prize
Commendations
Nonso Anozie , for King Lear in
King Lear (
Royal Shakespeare Company )
Justin Avoth, for Demetrius in
A Midsummer Night's Dream (
Royal Exchange Theatre , Manchester)
Lucy Black, for Olivia in
Twelfth Night (
Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory , Bristol)
Nancy Carroll , for Cordelia in
King Lear (
Almeida Theatre )
Dan Fredenburgh, for the Prince in
The Prince of Homburg (Royal Shakespeare Company)
Naomi Frederick , for Irina in
Three Sisters (Nuffield Theatre, Southampton)
Ryan Kiggell, for Gloucester in
King Lear (Royal Shakespeare Company)
Kananu Kirimi , for Marina in
Pericles (Royal Shakespeare Company)
Claire Price , for Miranda in
The Tempest (
Crucible Theatre , Sheffield)
Sam Troughton , for Valère in
Tartuffe (
National Theatre )
2003
First prize
Second prize
Third prize
Special commendations
Commendations
Jamie Beamish, for Sir Thurio in
Two Gentlemen of Verona (
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre )
Kellie Bright , for Masha in
The Seagull (
Royal Exchange Theatre )
Nancy Carroll , for Helena in
A Midsummer Night's Dream (
Crucible Theatre , Sheffield)
Rory Kinnear , for Tranio in
The Taming of the Shrew (
Royal Shakespeare Company )
Emma Lowndes , for Nina in
The Seagull (
Royal Exchange Theatre , Manchester)
Tobias Menzies , for Tusenbach in
Three Sisters (
Playhouse Theatre )
Joseph Millson , for Orlando in
As You Like It (
Peter Hall Company )
Paul Ready , for Dromio of Syracuse in
The Comedy of Errors (
Bristol Old Vic )
Steven Robertson , for Konstantin in
The Seagull (
Royal Exchange Theatre , Manchester)
2004
First prize
Second prize
Third prize
Commendations
Nikki Amuka-Bird , for Viola in
Twelfth Night (
Bristol Old Vic )
Elliot Cowan , for Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa in
Don Carlos (
Crucible Theatre , Sheffield)
Richard Glaves, for Marchbanks in
Candida (
Oxford Stage Company )
Jake Harders , for Reverend Alexander Mill in
Candida (Oxford Stage Company)
Caroline Martin, for Desdemona in
Othello (
Cheek by Jowl )
David Nicolle, for Ion in
Ion (
Mercury Theatre, Colchester )
Matthew Rhys , for Edmund in
King Lear (
Royal Shakespeare Company )
Dan Stevens , for Orlando in
As You Like It (
Peter Hall Company )
2005
First prize
Second prize
Third prize
Commendations
2006
First prize
Second prize
Third prize
Commendations
Bryan Dick , for Dapper in
The Alchemist (
National Theatre )
Trystan Gravelle , for Young Shepherd in
A Winter's Tale (
Royal Shakespeare Company )
Tom Hiddleston , for Alsemero in
The Changeling (
Cheek by Jowl )
Sally Leonard, for Lipochka in A Family Affair (
Arcola Theatre )
Laura Rees , for Lavinia in
Titus Andronicus (
Shakespeare's Globe )
Amit Shah, for Abel Drugger in
The Alchemist (
National Theatre )
Lex Shrapnel , for John, Talbot's son; Ghost of John Talbot; Henry, Earl of Richmond; and Son that killed his father in
Henry VI (Royal Shakespeare Company)
Ony Uhiara , for Marina in
Pericles (Royal Shakespeare Company)
Jodie Whittaker , for Nadya in Enemies (
Almeida Theatre )
2007
First prize
Second prize
Third prize
Commendations
Edward Bennett , for Dick Gurvil in Nan , Victor Bretherton in
Diana of Dobson's (
Orange Tree Theatre ); Freddy in Pygmalion (
Peter Hall Company ); and Roderigo in
Othello (
Donmar Warehouse )
Sam Crane , for Oswald in
Ghosts (
Bristol Old Vic ), and Roderigo in
Othello (
Shakespeare's Globe )
Gabriel Fleary, for Alonso in The Changling (
English Touring Theatre )
Harry Hadden-Paton , for Mercutio in
Romeo and Juliet (
Battersea Arts Centre ), and John Worthing in
The Importance of Being Earnest (
Theatre Royal Bath )
Daniel Hawksford , for Claudio in
Much Ado About Nothing (
National Theatre )
John Heffernan , for Oswald in
King Lear (
Royal Shakespeare Company )
Richard Madden , for Romeo in
Romeo and Juliet (
Shakespeare's Globe touring)
Carey Mulligan , for Nina in
The Seagull (
Royal Court Theatre )
Pippa Nixon, for Jessica in
The Merchant of Venice (
Shakespeare's Globe )
Amy Noble, for Lily Wilson in
Chains (
Orange Tree Theatre )
Claudia Renton, for Mabel Chiltern in
An Ideal Husband (
Royal Exchange Theatre , Manchester)
Dominic Tighe, for the Tailor and the Widow in
The Taming of the Shrew (
Propeller at the Watermill)
Tom Vaughan-Lawlor , for the Dauphin in
Henry V (
Royal Exchange Theatre , Manchester)
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2008
First prize
Second prize
Third prize
Special commendations
Commendations
Charles Aitken, for Iago in
Othello (Frantic Assembly)
David Ajala , for Reynaldo in
Hamlet , and Cobweb in
A Midsummer Night's Dream (
Royal Shakespeare Company )
Hayley Atwell , for Barbara in
Major Barbara (
National Theatre )
Beth Cooke, for Irina in
Three Sisters (
Royal Exchange Theatre , Manchester)
Tom Davey, for Laertes in
Hamlet (Royal Shakespeare Company)
Natalie Dew , for Viola in
Twelfth Night (
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre )
Ryan Gage , for Flute in
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Royal Shakespeare Company)
Oliver Le Sueur, for Lucentio
The Taming of the Shrew and Laertes in
Hamlet (
Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory , Bristol)
Gwilym Lee , for the Messenger in
Oedipus (
National Theatre )
Ella Smith , for Jaquenetta in
Loves Labour's Lost (
Rose Theatre )
Alex Waldmann , for Sebastian in
Twelfth Night (
Donmar West End at
Wyndhams Theatre )
2009
First prize
Second prize
Third prize
Special commendations as previous winners
Commendations
Hedydd Dylan, for Eliza Doolittle in
Pygmalion (
Clwyd Theatr Cymru )
Tracy Ifeachor , for Rosalind in
As You Like It (Curve Theatre)
Max Irons , for Max Piccolomini in
Wallenstein (
Chichester Festival Theatre )
Tunji Kasim, for Lucius and Romulus in
Julius Caesar (
Royal Shakespeare Company )
Vanessa Kirby , for Regina in
Ghosts (
Octagon Theatre, Bolton )
Keira Knightley , for Jennifer in
The Misanthrope (
Comedy Theatre )
Jack Laskey , for Orlando in
As You Like It (
Shakespeare's Globe )
Harry Lloyd , for Oswald in
Ghosts (
Arcola Theatre )
John MacMillan , for Malcolm in
Macbeth (
Royal Exchange Theatre ), and Rosencrantz in
Hamlet (
Wyndhams Theatre )
David Ononokpono, for Orlando in
As You Like It (Curve Theatre)
Henry Pettigrew, for Marcellus and Second Gravedigger in
Hamlet (
Wyndhams Theatre )
Prasanna Puwanarajah , for Messenger in
Thyestes (
Arcola Theatre )
George Rainsford , for Bertram in
All's Well That Ends Well (
National Theatre )
Sam Swainsbury, for Demetrius in
A Midsummer Night's Dream , and Salerio in
The Merchant of Venice (
Propeller )
Ellie Turner, for Agnes in
The School for Wives (
Upstairs at the Gatehouse )
2010s
2010
First prize
Second prize
Third prize
Commendations
Pippa Bennett-Warner , for Cordelia in
King Lear (
Donmar Warehouse )
Natalie Dormer , for Mitzi in
Sweet Nothings (
Young Vic )
Susannah Fielding , for Petra in
An Enemy of the People (
Crucible Theatre , Sheffield)
Melody Grove, for Gwendolen in
The Importance of Being Earnest (
Royal Lyceum Theatre , Edinburgh)
Cush Jumbo , for Eliza Doolittle in
Pygmalion (
Royal Exchange Theatre , Manchester)
Ferdinand Kingsley , for Rosencrantz in
Hamlet (
National Theatre )
James McArdle , for Malcolm in
Macbeth (
Shakespeare's Globe ), and Aleksey in
A Month in the Country (
Chichester Festival Theatre )
Jessica Raine , for Regina in
Ghosts (
Duchess Theatre )
Catrin Stewart , for Hilde in
The Lady from the Sea (
Royal Exchange Theatre , Manchester)
Joseph Timms, for John of Lancaster in
Henry IV Parts 1 and 2 (
Shakespeare's Globe )
Charity Wakefield , for Lydio Languish in
The Rivals (
Southwark Playhouse )
Ashley Zhangazha, for the King of France in
King Lear (
Donmar Warehouse )
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2011
First prize
Second prize
Third prize
Commendations
Hiran Abeysekera, for Valère in
Tartuffe (
English Touring Theatre )
Jade Anouka , for Ophelia in
Hamlet (
Shakespeare's Globe )
Mark Arends, for Malcolm in
Macbeth (
Liverpool Everyman )
Sebastian Armesto , for Wendoll in
A Woman Killed with Kindness (
National Theatre )
John Heffernan , for Richard II in
Richard II (
Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory )
Ffion Jolly, for Luciana in
The Comedy of Errors (
Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory )
Ben Mansfield , for Sebastian in
Twelfth Night (
National Theatre )
Sam Marks, for Friar Peter, Froth, and Gentleman 2 in
Measure for Measure (
Royal Shakespeare Company )
Matthew Needham , for Nero in
Britannicus (
Wilton's Music Hall )
Eddie Redmayne , for Richard II in
Richard II (
Donmar Warehouse )
Lara Rossi, for Myrrha and Macrina in
Emperor and Galilean (
National Theatre )
Sara Vickers , for Annabella in
'Tis Pity She's a Whore (
West Yorkshire Playhouse )
2012
First prize
Second prize
Third prize
Commendations
Jade Anouka , for Calpurnia, Metellus Cimber, and Pindarus in
Julius Caesar (
Donmar Warehouse )
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Alys Daroy, for Yelena in
The Wood Demon (Theatre Collection)
Holly Earl , for Bertha in
The Father (
Belgrade Theatre , Coventry)
Kurt Egyiawan, for Arsace in
Berenice (
Donmar Warehouse )
Paapa Essiedu , for Fenton in
The Merry Wives of Windsor (
Royal Shakespeare Company )
Johnny Flynn , for Viola in
Twelfth Night (
Shakespeare's Globe and
West End )
Aysha Kala , for Maid in
Much Ado About Nothing (Royal Shakespeare Company)
Vanessa Kirby , for Masha in
Three Sisters (
Young Vic )
Simon Manyonda , for Lucius in
Julius Caesar (
Royal Shakespeare Company )
Luke Norris, for The Soldier in
Antigone (
National Theatre )
Ailish Symons, for Cecily in
The Importance of Being Earnest (
Lyric Theatre , Belfast)
Ellie Turner, for Fanny Hawthorn in
Hindle Wakes (
Finborough Theatre )
2013
First prize
Second prize
Third prize
Commendations
Fisayo Akinade , for Adam, Silvius, and William in
As You Like It (Transport Theatre on tour)
Elliot Barnes-Worrell, for the Groom in
Richard II (
Royal Shakespeare Company )
Nari Blair-Mangat, for Caithness in
Macbeth (
Manchester International Festival )
Gavin Fowler, for Puck in
A Midsummer Night's Dream (
Noël Coward Theatre ) and Florizel in
The Winter's Tale (Royal Shakespeare Company)
Kim Hardy, for Konstantin in
The Seagull (The White Bear)
Brian Markey, for Hugh in
Mixed Marriage (
Lyric Theatre , Belfast)
Charlene McKenna , for Regina in
Ghosts (
Almeida Theatre )
Rose Reynolds , for Lavinia in
Titus Andronicus (Royal Shakespeare Company)
Gemma Soul, for Rose in
The Recruiting Officer (
Salisbury Playhouse )
Luke Thompson , for Lysander in
A Midsummer Night's Dream (
Shakespeare's Globe )
Olivia Vinall , for Desdemona in
Othello (
National Theatre )
2014
First prize
Second prize
Third prize
Commendations
Stefano Braschi, for Soranzo in
'Tis Pity She's a Whore (
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse ,
Shakespeare's Globe )
Rebecca Collingwood, for Blanche in
Widowers' Houses (
Orange Tree Theatre )
Ncuti Gatwa , for Mercutio in
Romeo and Juliet (
HOME ,
Manchester )
Emma Hall, for Phaedra, Aphrodite, and Artemis in
Hippolytos (Antic Face, at The Colepit)
Jennifer Kirby , for Lady Percy in
Henry IV Parts 1
and 2 (
Royal Shakespeare Company )
Daisy May, for Celia in
As You Like It (
Tobacco Factory Theatre ,
Bristol )
Frances McNamee, for Finea in
A Lady of Little Sense (
Theatre Royal ,
Bath )
Ekow Quartey, for Hans in
Spring Awakening (touring production by
Headlong /
West Yorkshire Playhouse /
Nuffield Theatre )
Michael Shelford, for Willie Mossop in
Hobson's Choice (
Octagon Theatre ,
Bolton )
Thalissa Teixeira , for Chorus in
Electra (
Old Vic )
2015
First prize
Second prize
Third prize
Commendations
2016
First prize
Second prize
Third prize
Commendations
James Corrigan, for Palamon in
The Two Noble Kinsmen (
Royal Shakespeare Company )
Emma Curtis, for The Lady in
Comus (
Shakespeare's Globe )
Marcus Griffiths, for Laertes in
Hamlet (
Royal Shakespeare Company )
Felicity Huxley-Miners, for Elena Popova in
The Bear (The London Theatre – New Cross)
Francesca Mills , for Maria in
The Government Inspector (
Birmingham Repertory Theatre )
Marc Rhys , for Christian in
Cyrano de Bergerac (
Theatr Clwyd )
Natalie Simpson, for Cordelia in
King Lear , Ophelia in
Hamlet , and Guideria in
Cymbeline (
Royal Shakespeare Company )
Ewan Somers, for Claudio in
Much Ado About Nothing (
Dundee Repertory Theatre )
Marli Siu , for Hero in
Much Ado About Nothing (
Dundee Repertory Theatre )
Joanna Vanderham , for Queen Anne in
Richard III (
Almeida Theatre )
Paksie Vernon, for Sylvia Craven in
The Philanderer (
Orange Tree Theatre )
2017
First prize
Second prize
Third prize
Commendations
2018
First prize
Second prize
Third prize
Commendations
Daniel Burke, for Diomed in
Troilus and Cressida (
Royal Shakespeare Company )
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Heledd Gwynn, for Katharine and Dauphin in
Henry V (
Tobacco Factory Theatre , Bristol)
Tyrone Huntley , for Lysander in
A Midsummer Night's Dream (
Watermill Theatre ,
Newbury )
Martins Imhangbe , for Bagot and Aumerle in
Richard II (
Almeida Theatre )
Toheeb Jimoh , for Demetrius in
A Midsummer Night's Dream (
Crucible Theatre , Sheffield)
Aaron Pierre , for Cassio in
Othello (
Shakespeare's Globe )
Ellora Torchia , for Emilia in
Two Noble Kinsmen (
Shakespeare's Globe )
Helena Wilson, for Mariana in
Measure for Measure (
Donmar Warehouse )
2019
First prize
Second prize
Third prize
Commendations
Kitty Archer, for Mariane in
Tartuffe (
National Theatre )
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Eben Figueiredo, for Christian in
Cyrano de Bergerac (
Jamie Lloyd Company at the
Playhouse Theatre )
Isis Hainsworth , for Hermia in
A Midsummer Night's Dream (
Bridge Theatre )
Ebony Jonelle, for Rosalind in
As You Like It (
National Theatre Public Acts at the
Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch )
Ioanna Kimbook , for Cariola in
The Duchess of Malfi (
Almeida Theatre )
Racheal Ofori, for Udo in
Three Sisters (
National Theatre )
Billy Postlethwaite, for Macbeth in
Macbeth (
Watermill Theatre )
Ekow Quartey, for Lysander in
A Midsummer Night's Dream (
Shakespeare's Globe )
Kit Young , for Lysander in
A Midsummer Night's Dream (
Bridge Theatre )
2020s
2020/2021
First prize
Second prize
Third prize
Commendations
2022
First prize
Second prize
Third Prize
Commendations
Rose Ayling-Ellis , for Celia in
As You Like It (
@sohoplace )
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Ralph Davis, for Benedick in
Much Ado About Nothing (
Shakespeare's Globe )
Eben Figueiredo, for Claudio in
Much Ado About Nothing (
National Theatre )
Conor Glean, for Dick the Butcher in
Henry VI: Rebellion , Young Clifford in
Henry VI: War of the Roses , and Murderer 2 in
Richard III (
Royal Shakespeare Company )
Phoebe Horn, for Margaret in
Much Ado About Nothing (
National Theatre )
Mirren Mack , for Ophelia in
Hamlet (
Bristol Old Vic )
Daniel Rock, for King Richard II in
Richard II (Omnibus Theatre)
Rosie Sheehy, for
Lady Anne Neville in
Richard III and Helena in
All's Well That Ends Well (
Royal Shakespeare Company )
Chanel Waddock, for Desdemona in
Othello (
Frantic Assembly )
Claire Wetherall, for Hero in
Much Ado About Nothing (
Sheffield Theatres /Ramps on the Moon)
Benjamin Wilson, for Borachio in
Much Ado About Nothing (
Sheffield Theatres /Ramps on the Moon)
Judges
1990s
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
(unpublished)
2000s
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
(unpublished)
2005
2006
2007
2008
(unpublished)
2009
2010s
2010
2011
(unpublished)
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020s
2020/2021
2022
See also
References
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