1978 Laurence Olivier Awards
Winners and nominees from the Laurence Olivier Awards.
1978 Laurence Olivier Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Actor of the Year in a New Play | John Gielgud | Half-Life |
| Actor of the Year in a New Play | Gordon Chater | The Elocution Of Benjamin Franklin |
| Actor of the Year in a New Play | Peter McEnery | The Jail Diary Of Albie Sachs |
| Actor of the Year in a New Play | Tom Conti | Whose Life Is It Anyway? |
| Actor of the Year in a Revival | Alan Howard | Coriolanus |
| Actor of the Year in a Revival | Nicol Williamson | Inadmissible Evidence |
| Actor of the Year in a Revival | Derek Jacobi | Ivanov |
| Actor of the Year in a Revival | Timothy West | The Homecoming |
| Actor of the Year in a Supporting Role | Robert Stephens | Brand |
| Actor of the Year in a Supporting Role | Julian Glover | Coriolanus |
| Actor of the Year in a Supporting Role | Michael Bryant | The Double Dealer |
| Actor of the Year in a Supporting Role | Robert Eddison | Twelfth Night |
| Actress of the Year in a New Play | Joan Plowright | Filumena |
| Actress of the Year in a New Play | Kate Nelligan | Plenty |
| Actress of the Year in a New Play | Yvonne Bryceland | The Woman |
| Actress of the Year in a New Play | Sylvia Miles | Vieux Carre |
| Actress of the Year in a Revival | Dorothy Tutin | The Double Dealer |
| Actress of the Year in a Revival | Eileen Atkins | Twelfth Night |
| Actress of the Year in a Revival | Ingrid Bergman, Wendy Hiller | Waters Of The Moon |
| Actress of the Year in a Supporting Role | Patricia Hayes | Filumena |
| Actress of the Year in a Supporting Role | Elizabeth Spriggs | Love Letters on Blue Paper |
| Actress of the Year in a Supporting Role | Brenda Bruce | The Lady's Not For Burning |
| Actress of the Year in a Supporting Role | Susan Fleetwood | The Woman |
| Comedy of the Year | Eduardo De Filippo | Filumena |
| Comedy of the Year | Brian Chapman and Anthony Marriott | Shut Your Eyes And Think Of England |
| Comedy of the Year | Alan Ayckbourn | Ten Times Table |
| Comedy Performance of the Year | Sheila Hancock | Annie |
| Comedy Performance of the Year | Geraldine McEwan | Look After Lulu |
| Comedy Performance of the Year | Donald Sinden | Shut Your Eyes And Think Of England |
| Comedy Performance of the Year | Ian McKellen | The Alchemist |
| Designer of the Year | Ralph Koltai | Brand |
| Designer of the Year | Farrah | Henry VI |
| Designer of the Year | Tanya Moiseiwitsch | The Double Dealer |
| Designer of the Year | Eileen Diss | The Homecoming |
| Director of the Year | Harold Prince | Evita |
| Director of the Year | Terry Hands | Henry VI |
| Director of the Year | Bill Bryden and Sebastian Graham-Jones | Lark Rise |
| Director of the Year | Christopher Morahan | The Philanderer |
| Musical of the Year | Thomas Meecham and Charles Strouse | Annie |
| Musical of the Year | Jack Good and Ray Cooney | Elvis |
| Musical of the Year | Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice | Evita |
| Outstanding Achievement in Opera | English National Opera | |
| Outstanding Achievement in Opera | Colin Davis | |
| Outstanding Achievement of the Year in Ballet | Robert Cohan | |
| Outstanding Achievement of the Year in Ballet | Christopher Bruce | Ballet Rambert |
| Outstanding Achievement of the Year in Ballet | Siobhan Davies | Harmonica Breakdown |
| Outstanding Achievement of the Year in Ballet | Lynn Seymour | The Royal Ballet's A Month In The Country |
| Performance of the Year in a Musical | Stratford Johns | Annie |
| Performance of the Year in a Musical | Elaine Paige | Evita |
| Performance of the Year in a Musical | David Essex | Evita |
| Performance of the Year in a Musical | Roy Hudd | Oliver! |
| Play of the Year | Julian Mitchell | Half-Life |
| Play of the Year | Flora Thompson | Lark Rise |
| Play of the Year | David Hare | Plenty |
| Play of the Year | Brian Clark | Whose Life Is It Anyway? |
| Production of the Year in Ballet | The Royal Ballet | A Month In The Country |
| Production of the Year in Ballet | Praeludium | Ballet Rambert |
| Production of the Year in Ballet | London Contemporary Dance Theatre | People Alone |
| Production of the Year in Ballet | The Stuttgart Ballet | Song Of The Earth |
| Production of the Year in Opera | The Royal Opera | La Fanciulla del West |
| Production of the Year in Opera | The Royal Opera | Lohengrin |
| Production of the Year in Opera | The Royal Opera | Luisa Miller |
| Production of the Year in Opera | English National Opera | The Seven Deadly Sins |
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