1988 Laurence Olivier Awards

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

Play of the Year	Musical of the Year
Our Country's GoodbyTimberlake Wertenbaker – Royal Court A Walk in the WoodsbyLee Blessing – Comedy Mrs. KleinbyNicholas Wright – National Theatre Cottesloe / Apollo The Secret RapturebyDavid Hare – National Theatre Lyttelton	Candide – Old Vic Babes in Arms – Regent's Park Open Air Blood Brothers – Albery The Wizard of Oz – RSC at the Barbican
Comedy of the Year
Shirley ValentinebyWilly Russell – Vaudeville HenceforwardbyAlan Ayckbourn – Vaudeville SeparationbyTom Kempinski – Comedy The Common PursuitbySimon Gray – Phoenix
Actor of the Year in a Revival	Actress of the Year in a Revival
Brian CoxasTitus AndronicusinTitus Andronicus – RSC at the Barbican Pit Alun Armstrong as The Captain in The Father – National Theatre Cottesloe and as Barabas in The Jew of Malta – RSC at the Barbican Antony Sher as Johnnie in Hello and Goodbye – Almeida and as ShylockinThe Merchant of Venice – RSC at the Barbican Tom Wilkinson as Dr. Tomas Stockmann in An Enemy of the People – Playhouse	*Harriet Walter as Dacha in A Question of Geography* – RSC at the Barbican Pit and as Masha Sergeyevna Kulygina in Three Sisters and as Viola Twelfth Night – RSC at the Barbican** Estelle Kohler as Hester in Hello and Goodbye – Almeida and as Tamora in Titus Andronicus – RSC at The Pit Vanessa Redgrave as Nora Melody in A Touch of the Poet – Comedy Imelda Staunton as Sonya Alexandrovna Serebryakova in Uncle Vanya – Vaudeville
Actor of the Year in a New Play	Actress of the Year in a New Play
*David Haig as Second Lieutenant Ralph Clark in Our Country's Good* – Royal Court** Brian Cox as Paul Cash in Fashion – RSC at The Pit Alec Guinness as Andrey Botvinnik in A Walk in the Woods – Comedy David Suchet as Joe Green in Separation – Comedy	*Pauline Collins as Shirley Valentine-Bradshaw in Shirley Valentine* – Vaudeville** Gillian Barge as Melanie Klein in Mrs. Klein – National Theatre Cottesloe / Apollo Saskia Reeves as Sarah Wise in Separation – Comedy Penelope Wilton as Marion French in The Secret Rapture – National Theatre Lyttelton
Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actor in a Musical	Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actress in a Musical
*Con O'Neill as Mickey in Blood Brothers* – Albery** Bille Brown in as Miss Gulch and the Wicked Witch of the West The Wizard of Oz – RSC at the Barbican Nickolas Grace Dr. Pangloss/VoltaireinCandide – Old Vic Mickey RooneyasMickey RooneyinSugar Babies – Savoy	*Patricia Routledge as Old Lady in Candide* – Old Vic** Kiki Dee as Mrs. Johnstone in Blood Brothers – Albery Ann MillerasAnn MillerinSugar Babies – Savoy Imelda StauntonasDorothy GaleinThe Wizard of Oz – RSC at the Barbican
Comedy Performance of the Year
*Alex Jennings as Gloumov in Too Clever by Half* – Old Vic** Kenneth BranaghasCeliainAs You Like It – Phoenix Lesley Sharp as Lipochka in A Family Affair – Donmar Warehouse Sian Thomas as Vittoria in Countrymania – National Theatre Olivier
Outstanding Performance of the Year in a Supporting Role	Most Promising Newcomer of the Year in Theatre
*Eileen Atkins as The Queen in Cymbeline, as Paulina in The Winter's Tale* – National Theatre Cottesloe and as Elderly Woman in Mountain Language – National Theatre Lyttelton** Rudi Davies as Sara Melody in A Touch of the Poet – Comedy Serena Evans as Zoe in Henceforward – Vaudeville Tony Haygarth as Trinculo in The Tempest – National Theatre Cottesloe	*Richard Jones for directing Too Clever by Half* – Old Vic** Andrew Castell as Second Lieutenant James "Jimmy" Raleigh in Journey's End – Whitehall Alan Cumming as Slupianek in The Conquest of the South Pole – Royal Court Tim Luscombe for directing Easy Virtue – Garrick, Harlequinade and The Browning Version – Royalty
Director of the Year
*Deborah Warner for Titus Andronicus* – RSC at the Barbican Pit** Howard Davies for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Secret Rapture – National Theatre Lyttelton and The Shaughraun – National Theatre Olivier Max Stafford-Clark for Our Country's Good and The Recruiting Officer – Royal Court David Thacker for A Touch of the Poet – Comedy and An Enemy of the People – Playhouse
Designer of the Year
*Richard Hudson for Andromache, Bussy D'Ambois, Candide, One Way Pendulum, The Tempest* and Too Clever by Half – Old Vic** William Dudley for Bartholomew Fair, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Changeling, The Shaughraun and Waiting for Godot – National Theatre Nick Ormerod for A Family Affair, Philoctetes and The Tempest – Donmar Warehouse Mark Thompson for Measure for Measure and The Wizard of Oz – RSC at the Barbican
Outstanding Achievement of the Year in Dance	Outstanding Achievement in Opera
The ensemble, Kirov Ballet – Royal Opera House Christopher Bruce for choreographing and Koen OnziainCruel Garden and Swansong, London Festival Ballet – Sadler's Wells Cumbre Flamenca for its season – Sadler's Wells Hayden Griffin for set designing Still Life at the Penguin Café – Royal Opera House Arden Court and Shift, London Contemporary Dance Theatre – Sadler's Wells Weighing the Heart, Second Stride – Sadler's Wells	Leontina VaduvainManon, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House Billy Budd, English National Opera – London Coliseum Falstaff, Welsh National Opera – Royal Opera House Madama Butterfly, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House Stefanos Lazaridis for set designing and David Pountney for producing Hansel and Gretel, English National Opera – London Coliseum The Magic Flute, English National Opera – London Coliseum
Award for Outstanding Achievement
Stars in the Morning Sky, Maly Theatre – Riverside Studios Nick Dear for adapting A Family Affair, Cheek by Jowl – Donmar Warehouse David Thacker for directing An Enemy of the People – Young Vic / Playhouse Théâtre de Complicité for its season – Almeida
Society Special Award
Alec Guinness

1988 Laurence Olivier Awards

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Winners and nominees

Productions with multiple nominations and awards

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