1976 Laurence Olivier Awards
Winners and nominees from the Laurence Olivier Awards.
1976 Laurence Olivier Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Actor of the Year in a New Play | Paul Copley | For King And Country |
| Actor of the Year in a New Play | Richard Beckinsale | Funny Peculiar |
| Actor of the Year in a New Play | Alec McCowen | The Family Dance |
| Actor of the Year in a New Play | Frank Finlay | Watch It Come Down and Weapons Of Happiness |
| Actor of the Year in a Revival | Tom Conti | Don Juan and The Devil's Disciple, RSC |
| Actor of the Year in a Revival | Albert Finney | Hamlet and Tamburlaine the Great |
| Actor of the Year in a Revival | Alan Howard | Henry IV and Henry V |
| Actor of the Year in a Revival | Emrys James | Henry IV and Henry V |
| Actress of the Year in a New Play | Penelope Keith | Donkeys' Years |
| Actress of the Year in a New Play | Pauline Collins | Engaged |
| Actress of the Year in a New Play | Peggy Ashcroft | Old World |
| Actress of the Year in a New Play | Joan Plowright | The Bed Before Yesterday |
| Actress of the Year in a Revival | Dorothy Tutin | A Month In The Country |
| Actress of the Year in a Revival | Geraldine McEwan | On Approval |
| Actress of the Year in a Revival | Googie Withers | The Cherry Orchard and An Ideal Husband |
| Actress of the Year in a Revival | Susan Fleetwood | The Playboy Of The Western World |
| Comedy of the Year | Alan Ayckbourn | Confusions |
| Comedy of the Year | Michael Frayn | Donkeys' Years |
| Comedy of the Year | Mike Stott | Funny Peculiar |
| Comedy of the Year | Ben Travers | The Bed Before Yesterday |
| Comedy Performance of the Year | Peter Barkworth | Crown Matrimonial |
| Comedy Performance of the Year | Penelope Keith | Donkeys' Years |
| Comedy Performance of the Year | Richard Beckinsale | Funny Peculiar |
| Comedy Performance of the Year | Geraldine McEwan | Oh, Coward |
| Director of the Year | Alan Strachan | Confusions, Shakespeare's People and Yahoo |
| Director of the Year | Buzz Goodbody | Occupations and King Lear |
| Director of the Year | Terry Hands | Old World, Henry IV and Henry V |
| Director of the Year | Jonathan Miller | The Three Sisters |
| Musical of the Year | Michael Bennett, James Kirkwood, Marvin Hamlish, Edward Kleban | A Chorus Line |
| Musical of the Year | Bertah Egnos and Gail Lakier | Ipi-Tombi |
| Musical of the Year | Sondheim | Side By Side |
| Musical of the Year | Guy Bolton and Jerome Kern, P.G Wodehouse | Very Good Eddie |
| Play of the Year | Denis Cannan | Dear Daddy |
| Play of the Year | John Wilson | For King And Country |
| Play of the Year | Mike Stott | Funny Peculiar |
| Play of the Year | Arbuzov | Old World |
| Supporting Artist of the Year | Andre Van Gyseghem | Henry IV and Hamlet |
| Supporting Artist of the Year | Trevor Peacock | Henry IV, Henry V and The Merry Wives Of Windsor |
| Supporting Artist of the Year | Margaret Courtenay | Separate Tables |
| Supporting Artist of the Year | Bill Fraser | The Fool, M. Perrichon's Travels, Twelfth Night, The Circle |
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