Alan Ayckbourn Awards

	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) 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)

	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) 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) 2000: Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Off-Broadway Play (Comic Potential) 2000: Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play (Comic Potential) MOLIERES (PARIS) 1997: Best Comedy (Communicating Doors) DRAMA DESK (NEW YORK) 2006: Outstanding Director Of A Play (Private Fears In Public Places)

	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) 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