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Alan Ayckbourn: Awards

     

1973: Evening Standard Best Comedy Award (Absurd Person Singular)
1974: Evening Standard Best Play Award (The Norman Conquests)
1974: Play and Players Best Play Award (The Norman Conquests)
1974: Variety Club of Great Britain Playwright of the Year
1977: Evening Standard Best Play Award (Just Between Ourselves)
1979: Shared Plays and Players Best Comedy Award (Joking Apart)
1985: Evening Standard Best Comedy Award (A Chorus Of Disapproval)
1985: Olivier Best Comedy Award (A Chorus Of Disapproval)
1985: DRAMA Best Comedy Award (A Chorus Of Disapproval)
1987: Evening Standard Best Play Award (A Small Family Business)
1988: Plays and Players Best Director Award (A View From The Bridge)
1989: Evening Standard Best Comedy Award (Henceforward…)
1990: Evening Standard Best Comedy Award (Man Of The Moment)
1991: Drama-Logue Critic Award (LA) (Henceforward…)
1993: TMA/Martini Regional Theatre Award Best Show for Children & Young People

         (Mr A’s Amazing Maze Plays)
1993: Writers’ Guild of Great Britain Lifetime Achievement Award
1993: Birmingham Press Club Personality of the Year Award
1993: John Ederyn Hughes Rural Wales Award For Literature
1994: Yorkshire Man of the Year
1994: Montblanc de la Culture Award for Europe
1996: TMA Regional Theatre Awards Best Musical (By Jeeves)
1996: Writers’ Guild of Great Britain Best West End Play (Communicating Doors)
1997: Lloyds Private Banking Playwright of the Year (Things We Do For Love)

1997: Moliere for Best Comedy (Communicating Doors)
2001: Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence
2003: Moliere for Best Comedy (Things We Do For Love)
2004: Variety Club Of Great Britain Lifetime Achievement Award
2005: Yorkshire Arts And Entertainment Personality Award (Yorkshire Awards 2005)

2009: Hall Of Fame For Achievements In American Theatre

2009: The Laurence Olivier Awards Special Award

2009: Outer Critics Circle Award For Outstanding Revival (The Norman Conquests)

2009: The New York Drama Critics' Circle Special Citation (The Norman Conquests)

2009: Drama Desk Award For Outstanding Revival (The Norman Conquests)

2009: Tony For Best Revival Of A Play (The Norman Conquests)

2010: Critics' Circle Award For Services To The Arts

2010: Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre

 

Alan Ayckbourn with his Tony

Special Award and Olivier Special

Award (copyright: Andrew Higgins)

 

 

Alan Ayckbourn being knighted by HRH Queen Elizabeth II in 1997 (copyright: Alan Ayckbourn)

Alan Ayckbourn being knighted for 'services to the theatre' in 1999.

(copyright: Alan Ayckbourn)

 

Major Nominations

     

Oliviers (London)
1984: Best Comedy (Intimate Exchanges)
1987: Best Director (A View From The Bridge)
1988: Best Comedy (Henceforward...)
1990: Play of the Year (Man Of The Moment)
1994: Best Comedy (Time Of My Life)
1996: Best Comedy (Communicating Doors)
1996: Outstanding Musical Production (By Jeeves)
1998: Best Comedy (Things We Do For Love)
2000: Best Comedy (Comic Potential)

2001: Best Comedy (House & Garden)
2003: Best Comedy (RolePlay)

Tonys (New York)
1978-79: Outstanding Direction of a Play (with Peter Hall) (Bedroom Farce)
1978-79: Best Play (Bedroom Farce)

 

Outer Critics Circle (New York)
2000: Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Off-Broadway Play (Comic Potential)
 

Drama Desk (New York)

2000: Outstanding Play (Comic Potential)
2006: Outstanding Director Of A Play (Private Fears In Public Places)

2008: Outstanding Play (Intimate Exchanges)

2010: Outstanding Play (My Wonderful Day)

 

Drama League (New York)

2009: Distinguished Revival (The Norman Conquests)

   
 

Honorary Doctorates and Fellowships

     
1981: University of Hull (Hon. D. Litt.)
1982: Bretton Hall (Hon. Fellow)
1987: University of Keele (Hon. D. Litt.)
1987: University of Leeds (Hon. D. Litt)
1992: University of York (Doctor of the University)
1994: University of Bradford (Hon. D. Litt.)
1995: University of Cardiff (Hon. Fellow)
1998: Open University (Doctor of the University)
2003: University of Manchester (Hon. D.Litt)
2011: York St John University (Doctor Of Letters)

Honorary Professor of The University of Hull
   
 

Other Awards and Honours

 
1987: CBE (Companion of the Order of the British Empire)
1997: KBE (Knight Companion of the Order of the British Empire)
1986: Freeman of the Borough of Scarborough
   
 
The awards page has been compiled by Simon Murgatroyd.
 
 

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