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Year	Category	Nominee	Show	Nom
1960	Best Play	Paddy Chayefsky	The Tenth Man
1960	Best Play	Lillian Hellman	Toys in the Attic
1959	Best Play	Archibald MacLeish	J.B.	Award winner
1959	Best Play	Eugene O'Neill	A Touch of the Poet
1959	Best Play	John Osborne	Epitaph for George Dillon
1959	Best Play	Budd Schulberg	The Disenchanted
1959	Best Play	Friedrich Duerrenmatt	The Visit
1958	Best Play	Dore Schary	Sunrise At Campobello	Award winner
1958	Best Play	Morton Wishengrad	The Rope Dancers Production took place the previous year.
1958	Best Play	William Gibson	Two For The Seesaw
1958	Best Play	Jean Anouilh	Time Remembered Production took place the previous year.
1958	Best Play	William Inge	The Dark at the Top of the Stairs Production took place the previous year.
1958	Best Play	John Osborne	Look Back In Anger Production took place the previous year.
1958	Best Play	Ketti Frings	Look Homeward, Angel Production took place the previous year.
1958	Best Play	Peter Ustinov	Romanoff and Juliet Production took place the previous year.
1957	Best Play	Eugene O'Neill	Long Day's Journey Into Night Produced by Leigh Connell, Theodore Mann, and José Quintero.	Award winner
1957	Best Play	Terence Rattigan	Separate Tables Produced by Leigh Connell, Theodore Mann, and JosÃ© Quintero.
1957	Best Play	Graham Greene	The Potting Shed Produced by Carmen Capalbo and Stanley Chase
1957	Best Play	Jean Anouilh	The Waltz Of The Toreadors Produced by The Producers Theatre (Robert Whitehead)
1956	Best Play	Frances Goodrich	The Diary of Anne Frank Produced by Kermit Bloomgarden.	Award winner
1956	Best Play	Albert Hackett	The Diary of Anne Frank Produced by Kermit Bloomgarden.	Award winner
1956	Best Play	William Inge	Bus Stop Produced by Robert Whitehead and Roger L. Stevens.
1956	Best Play	Tennessee Williams	Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Produced by The Playwrights' Company
1956	Best Play	Jean Giraudoux	Tiger at the Gates Adapted by Christopher Fry. Produced by Robert L. Joseph, The Playwrights' Company, and Henry M. Margolis.
1956	Best Play	Enid Bagnold	The Chalk Garden Produced by Irene Mayer Selznick.
1956	Best Play	Kermit Bloomgarden	The Diary of Anne Frank	Award winner
1956	Best Play	Robert Whitehead	Bus Stop
1956	Best Play	Roger L. Stevens	Bus Stop
1956	Best Play	The Playwrights' Company	Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1956	Best Play	Christopher Fry	Tiger at the Gates
1956	Best Play	Robert L. Joseph	Tiger at the Gates
1956	Best Play	The Playwrights' Company	Tiger at the Gates
1956	Best Play	Henry M. Margolis	Tiger at the Gates
1956	Best Play	Irene Mayer Selznick	The Chalk Garden
1955	Best Play	Joseph Hayes	The Desperate Hours	Award winner
1955	Best Play	Howard Erskine	The Desperate Hours	Award winner
1954	Best Play	John Patrick	The Teahouse of the August Moon	Award winner
1954	Best Play	Maurice Evans	The Teahouse of the August Moon	Award winner
1954	Best Play	George Schaefer	The Teahouse of the August Moon	Award winner
1953	Best Play	Arthur Miller	The Crucible	Award winner
1953	Best Play	Kermit Bloomgarden	The Crucible	Award winner
1952	Best Play	Jan de Hartog	The Fourposter Production took place the previous year	Award winner
1951	Best Play	Tennessee Williams	The Rose Tattoo Produced by Cheryl Crawford.	Award winner
1951	Best Play	The Rose Tattoo	Cheryl Crawford producer	Award winner
1950	Best Play	T.S. Eliot	The Cocktail Party Produced by Gilbert Miller	Award winner
1950	Best Play	Gilbert Miller	The Cocktail Party	Award winner
1949	Best Play	Arthur Miller	Death of a Salesman	Award winner
1949	Best Play	Death of a Salesman	Death of a Salesman	Award winner
1948	Best Play	Thomas Heggen	Mister Roberts	Award winner
1948	Best Play	Mister Roberts	Mister Roberts	Award winner
1948	Best Play	Joshua Logan	Mister Roberts	Award winner
1947	Best Play	Arthur Miller	All My Sons	Award winner

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