1998 Laurence Olivier Awards
Winners and nominees from the Laurence Olivier Awards.
1998 Laurence Olivier Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| BBC Award for the Play of the Year | David Hare | Amy's View |
| BBC Award for the Play of the Year | Patrick Marber | Closer |
| BBC Award for the Play of the Year | David Rabe | Hurlyburly |
| BBC Award for the Play of the Year | Tom Stoppard | The Invention Of Love |
| BBC Award for the Play of the Year | Stephen Churchett | Tom & Clem |
| Best Actor | Rupert Graves | Hurlyburly |
| Best Actor | Ian Holm | King Lear |
| Best Actor | Simon Russell Beale | Othello |
| Best Actor | John Wood | The Invention Of Lure |
| Best Actor | Michael Gambon | Tom & Clem |
| Best Actor in a Musical | Henry Goodman | Chicago |
| Best Actor in a Musical | Andrew C Wadsworth | Kiss Me Kate |
| Best Actor in a Musical | Philip Quast | The Fix |
| Best Actor in a Musical | John Barrowman | The Fix |
| Best Actress | Maggie Smith | A Delicate Balance |
| Best Actress | Judi Dench | Amy's View |
| Best Actress | Sally Dexter | Closer |
| Best Actress | Zoe Wanamaker | Electra |
| Best Actress in a Musical | Ute Lemper | Chicago |
| Best Actress in a Musical | Ruthie Henshall | Chicago |
| Best Actress in a Musical | Maria Friedman | Lady In The Dark |
| Best Actress in a Musical | Sian Philips | Marlene |
| Best Costume Designer | Ann Hould-Ward | Beauty And The Beast |
| Best Costume Designer | William Ivey Long | Chicago |
| Best Costume Designer | Nicky Gillibrand | Lady In The Dark |
| Best Costume Designer | Tim Goodchild | Three Hours After Marriage |
| Best Director | Walter Bobbie | Chicago |
| Best Director | Matthew Warchus | Hamlet |
| Best Director | Richard Eyre | King Lear |
| Best Director | Sam Mendes | Othello |
| Best Entertainment | Pam Gems | Marlene |
| Best Entertainment | the Duchess | Maureen Lipman Live And Kidding |
| Best Entertainment | Jean Fergusson | She Knows You Know |
| Best Entertainment | Slava Polunin | Slava's Snowshow |
| Best Lighting Designer | Rick Fisher | Chips With Everything |
| Best Lighting Designer | Hugh Vanstone | Hamlet |
| Best Lighting Designer | Rick Fisher | Lady In The Dark |
| Best Lighting Designer | Paul Anderson | The Chairs |
| Best Lighting Designer | Howard Harrison | The Fix |
| Best New Comedy | Martin McDonagh | A Skull In Connemara |
| Best New Comedy | Ayub Khan-Din | East Is East |
| Best New Comedy | Ben Elton | Popcorn |
| Best New Dance Production | Mark Morris Dance Group | L'Allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato |
| Best New Dance Production | The English National Ballet | Swan Lake |
| Best New Dance Production | The Birmingham Royal Ballet | The Nutcracker Sweeties |
| Best New Opera Production | English National Opera and Opera North | Falstaff |
| Best New Opera Production | The Royal Opera | Palestrina |
| Best New Opera Production | The Royal Opera | Paul Bunyan |
| Best New Opera Production | The Royal Opera | Platee |
| Best Performance in a Supporting Role | Ronald Pickup | Amy's View |
| Best Performance in a Supporting Role | Michael Bryant, Paul Rhys | King Lear |
| Best Performance in a Supporting Role | Sarah Woodward | Tom & Clem |
| Best Set Designer | Rob Howell | Chips With Everything |
| Best Set Designer | William Dudley | The Homecoming |
| Best Set Designer | John Gunter | The Peter Hall Company's Season |
| Best Set Designer | Tim Goodchild | Three Hours After Marriage |
| Best Supporting Performance in a Musical | April Nixon | Damn Yankees |
| Best Supporting Performance in a Musical | Nicky Henson | Enter The Guardsman |
| Best Supporting Performance in a Musical | Issy van Randwyck | Kiss Me Kate |
| Best Supporting Performance in a Musical | James Dreyfus | Lady In The Dark |
| Best Theatre Choreographer | Matt West | Beauty And The Beast |
| Best Theatre Choreographer | Ann Reinking | Chicago |
| Best Theatre Choreographer | Rob Marshall | Damn Yankees |
| Best Theatre Choreographer | Simon McBurney | The Caucasian Chalk Circle |
| Outstanding Achievement in Dance | Lez Brotherston | Adventures In Motion Pictures's Cinderella |
| Outstanding Achievement in Dance | Mark Morris | L'Allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato, performed by the Mark Morris dance group, English National Opera in association with dance Umbrella |
| Outstanding Achievement in Dance | Altynai Asylmuratova | Swan Lake |
| Outstanding Achievement in Opera | Alan Opie | Falstaff |
| Outstanding Achievement in Opera | Paul Daniel | From The House Of The Deal |
| Outstanding Achievement in Opera | Nikolaus Leloff (director), Tobias Moheisel, Bettina J Walker and Mark Hendersen | Palestrina |
| Outstanding Achievement in Opera | Francesco Zambello | Paul Bunyan |
| Outstanding Musical Production | John Kander | Chicago |
| Outstanding Musical Production | George Abbott and Douglass Wallop | Damn Yankees |
| Outstanding Musical Production | Cole Porter | Kiss Me Kate |
| The American Express Award for Best New Musical | Alan Menken | Beauty And The Beast |
| The American Express Award for Best New Musical | Craig Bohmer | Enter The Guardsman |
| The American Express Award for Best New Musical | Moss Hart | Lady In The Dark |
| The American Express Award for Best New Musical | Dana P Rowe | The Fix |
| The Society's Special Award | Ed Mirvish, David Mirvish | |
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