Ian Charleson Awards
The Ian Charleson Awards are theatrical awards that reward the best classical stage performances in Britain by actors under age 30. The awards are named in memory of the British actor
The awards' current definition of a classical play is one written before 1918. The awards for the previous year's performances are presented in the spring of the following year. The winners for 2022 were announced 28 May 2023, and first prize went to Rilwan Abiola Owokoniran.[5]
Background and description
The
Upon founding the awards, Peter noted:
Classical work is the solid bedrock of all acting. It is classical acting, with its twin demands of psychological perception and formal excellence, which truly tests and proves the actor's ability and stamina, both physical and mental.[7]
The first annual Ian Charleson Award was presented in January 1991.
Recipients receive a cash prize, as do runners-up and third-place winners. All shortlist nominees who are not cash-prize recipients receive a "commendation". Winners and commendees receive a plaque signed by the judges, who usually number four (a theatre critic, an actor, a casting director, and an artistic director) and until the awards for 2016 always included John Peter.[13]
The awards for the previous year's performances are presented the following year, generally in the spring. The prize money is as follows: 1st prize £5,000;[2] 2nd prize £1,500 (sometimes £2,000 or £2,500); and 3rd prize £500.[11]
1990s
1990
First prize
- Ian Hughes, for Torquato Tasso in Torquato Tasso (Actors Touring Company)[9][14]
Second prize
- Paterson Joseph, for Oswald in King Lear, Dumaine in Love's Labour's Lost, and the Marquis de Mota in The Last Days of Don Juan (Royal Shakespeare Company)
Special commendation
- Simon Russell Beale, for Konstantin in The Seagull, Thersites in Troilus and Cressida, and Edward II in Edward II (Royal Shakespeare Company)
Commendation
- Old Vic Theatre)
1991
First prize
- Joe Dixon, for Jacques in an all-male production of As You Like It (Cheek by Jowl)[15]
Second prize
- Peter Hall Company)
Special commendation
Commendations
- Adrian Lester, for Rosalind in an all-male production of As You Like It (Cheek by Jowl)
- Tom Hollander, for Celia in an all-male production of As You Like It (Cheek by Jowl)
- Hugh Bonneville (then known as Richard Bonneville),[16] for Sir Samuel Hearty in The Virtuoso, Valentine in The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Bergetto in 'Tis Pity She's a Whore, and Kastril in The Alchemist (Royal Shakespeare Company)
- Caroline Quentin, for Masha in The Seagull (Oxford Theatre Company)
1992
First prize
- Tom Hollander, for Witwoud in The Way of the World (Lyric Hammersmith)[10]
Second prize
- Swan Theatre)
Special commendation
- Ian Hughes, for Reynaldo and Fortinbras in Barbican Theatre)
Commendations
- Mabel Aitken, for Sonia in Uncle Vanya (Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh)
- Sophie Thursfield, for Nora in A Doll's House (Duke of Cambridge pub theatre, London)
- Nick Waring, for Konstantin in The Seagull (Theatr Clwyd)
1993
First prize
- Emma Fielding, for Agnes in The School for Wives (Almeida Theatre)[17]
Second prize
- Mark Lockyer, for Stephano in The Tempest, Oswald in King Lear, and 'Gratiano in 'The Merchant of Venice (Royal Shakespeare Company)
Third prize
- Trelawny of the 'Wells' (National Theatre)
Commendations
- Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester)
- Don't Fool With Love (Cheek by Jowl)
- Helen Baxendale for Marie Wesener in The Soldiers (Citizens Theatre, Glasgow)
1994
First prize
- Toby Stephens, for Coriolanus in Coriolanus (Royal Shakespeare Company)[18]
Second prize
- Measure For Measure (Cheek by Jowl)
Third prize
Commendations
- Henry Ian Cusick, for Creon and The Messenger in Oedipus Rex (Citizens Theatre, Glasgow) and Torquato Tasso in Torquato Tasso (Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh)
- Measure For Measure (Cheek by Jowl)
- Mark Bazeley, for Lucio in Measure For Measure (Cheek by Jowl)
- Guy Lankester, for Orsino in Twelfth Night (Bristol Old Vic)
1995
First prize
- Lucy Whybrow, for Eleanora in Easter (Royal Shakespeare Company)[19]
Second prize
- Peter Hall Company)
Third prize
- Out of Joint)
Commendations
- Paul Bettany, for Strato in Julius Caesar (Royal Shakespeare Company)
- Zubin Varla, for Romeo in Romeo and Juliet (Royal Shakespeare Company)
- Birmingham Rep)
- West Yorkshire Playhouse)
- John Light, for Philippe D'Aulnay in The Tower (Almeida Theatre)
- Julian Rhind-Tutt, for the Duke of Aumerle in Richard II (National Theatre)
- Benedick Bates, for Don Carlos in Don Carlos (Citizens Theatre, Glasgow)
1996
First prize
- Alexandra Gilbreath, for Hedda in Hedda Gabler (English Touring Theatre)[20]
Second prize
- Derbhle Crotty, for Asta in Little Eyolf (Royal Shakespeare Company)
Third prize
- Damian Lewis, for Borghejm in Little Eyolf (Royal Shakespeare Company)
Special commendation
- Tom Hollander, for Tartuffe in Tartuffe (Almeida Theatre)
Commendations
- Ian Pepperell, for Hamlet in Hamlet (Oxford Stage Company)
- Carol Starks, for Mrs. Elvsted in Hedda Gabler (English Touring Theatre)
- Rebecca Johnson, for Lady Windermere in Theatre Royal, Haymarket)
- Scott Handy, for Ferdinand in The Duchess of Malfi (Cheek by Jowl)
1997
First prize
- Mark Bazeley, for Konstantin in The Seagull (English Touring Theatre) (tie)[4]
- Old Vic Theatre) (tie)[4]
Second prize
- James Dreyfus, for Cassius in Julius Caesar (Birmingham Repertory Theatre)
Special commendations
- Michael Sheen, for Henry V in Henry V (Royal Shakespeare Company)
- Tom Hollander, for Khlestakov in The Government Inspector (Almeida Theatre)
Commendations
- Kate Ashfield, for Marie in Woyzeck (Gate Theatre)
- Toby Cockerell, for Katherine and the Boy in Henry V (Shakespeare's Globe)
- Dominic Curtis, for Orlando in As You Like It (Perth Theatre)
- Anne-Marie Duff, for Cordelia in King Lear (National Theatre)
- Ray Fearon, for Romeo in Romeo and Juliet (Royal Shakespeare Company)
- Zoe Waites, for Juliet in Romeo and Juliet (Royal Shakespeare Company)
- Peter Hall Company)
- Electra (Minerva Theatre, Chichester; Donmar Warehouse)
- Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester)
- Julia Sawalha, for Melibea, Isabelle, and Hippolyta in The Illusion (Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester)
- Paul McEneany, for Mustardseed and Flute in Lyric Theatre, Belfast)
- Lise Stevenson, for Isabella in Measure for Measure (Nottingham Playhouse)
1998
First prize
Second prize
- Kevin McKidd, for Britannicus in Britannicus (Almeida Theatre)
Third prize
- Paul Hilton, for Orlando in As You Like It (Shakespeare's Globe)
Commendations
- Kathy Kiera Clarke, for Medea in Medea (Citizens Theatre, Glasgow)
- Hermione Gulliford, for Olivia in Twelfth Night (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield)
- Thusitha Jayasundera, for Viola in Twelfth Night (Young Vic)
- Susan Lynch, for Katerina in The Storm (Almeida Theatre)
- Stephen Mangan, for Don Pedro in Much Ado About Nothing (Cheek by Jowl), and Sir Benjamin Backbite in The School for Scandal (Royal Shakespeare Company)[22]
- Matthew Macfadyen, for Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing (Cheek by Jowl), and Charles Surface in The School for Scandal (Royal Shakespeare Company)[22]
- Jo McInnes, for Sonya in Uncle Vanya (Royal Shakespeare Company)[22]
- David Oyelowo, for the King in The Suppliants (Gate Theatre)
- Kelly Reilly, for Peggy Riley in The London Cuckolds (National Theatre)
1999
First prize
- Rupert Penry-Jones, for Don Carlos in Don Carlos (Royal Shakespeare Company)[23]
Second prize
- Gabrielle Jourdan, for Jessica in The Merchant of Venice (National Theatre)
Third prize
- Megan Dodds, for Ophelia in Hamlet (Young Vic)
Commendations
- Ariyon Bakare, for Florindo in The Servant of Two Masters (Royal Shakespeare Company, Young Vic)
- Emma Cunniffe, for Hilde in The Master Builder (English Touring Theatre)
- Jude Law, for Giovanni in 'Tis Pity She's a Whore (Young Vic)
- Aidan McArdle, for Rodrigo in Othello, and Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Royal Shakespeare Company)
- Patrick Moy, for Malcolm in Macbeth (Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh)
- Kirsten Parker, for Viola in Twelfth Night (Theatr Clwyd)
- Claire Price, for Princess Eboli in Don Carlos (Royal Shakespeare Company)
- The Mysteries(National Theatre)
2000s
2000
First prize
- David Oyelowo, for Henry VI in Henry VI (Royal Shakespeare Company)[24]
Second prize
- John Light, for Konstantin in The Seagull (Royal Shakespeare Company)
Third prize
- Zoe Waites, for Vittoria in Lyric Hammersmith)
Commendations
- Nancy Carroll, for Lady Percy in Henry VI, Part 1 (Royal Shakespeare Company)
- James O'Donnell, for Page and Ostler in Henry VI (Royal Shakespeare Company)
- Joe Renton, for Peto in Henry VI (Royal Shakespeare Company)
- Chiwetel Ejiofor, for Romeo in Romeo and Juliet (National Theatre)
- Martin Hutson, for Silvius in As You Like It (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield)
- Molly Innes, for Electra in Electra(Theatre Babel)
- Justine Waddell, for Nina in The Seagull (Royal Shakespeare Company)
- David Tennant, for Antipholus of Syracuse in The Comedy of Errors (RSC)
- Sam Troughton, for Young Talbot in Henry VI, Part 1 (Royal Shakespeare Company)
2001
First prize
- Claire Price, for Berinthia in The Relapse (National Theatre)[25]
Second prize
- Zoe Waites, for Viola in Twelfth Night (Royal Shakespeare Company)
Third prize
- James D'Arcy, for Gaveston in Edward II (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield)
Commendations
- Claire Cox, for Portia in Julius Caesar (Royal Shakespeare Company)
- Benedict Cumberbatch, for the King of Navarre in Love's Labour's Lost (Regent's Park Open Air Theatre)
- August Diehl, for Konstantin The Seagull (Edinburgh Festival)
- John Hopkins, for Octavius in Julius Caesar (Royal Shakespeare Company)
- Johanna Wokalek, for Nina in The Seagull (Edinburgh Festival)
- Martin Hutson, for Oswald in Comedy Theatre)
- Gerald Kyd, for the King of Bavarre in Love's Labour's Lost (English Touring Theatre)
- Kevin Lennon, for Giovanni in 'Tis Pity She's a Whore (Theatre Babel, Glasgow)
- Kirsten Parker, for the Princess in Love's Labour's Lost (English Touring Theatre)
- Sam Troughton, for Richmond in Richard III (Royal Shakespeare Company)
- Zubin Varla, for Caliban in The Tempest (Royal Shakespeare Company)
- Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester)
2002
First prize
Second prize
- Daniel Evans, for Ariel in The Tempest (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield) and Oswald in Ghosts (English Touring Theatre)
Third prize
- Iain Robertson, for Trinculo in The Tempest (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield)
Commendations
- Nonso Anozie, for King Lear in King Lear (Royal Shakespeare Company)
- Justin Avoth, for Demetrius in Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester)
- Lucy Black, for Olivia in Twelfth Night (Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory, Bristol)
- Nancy Carroll, for Cordelia in King Lear (Almeida Theatre)
- Dan Fredenburgh, for the Prince in The Prince of Homburg (Royal Shakespeare Company)
- Naomi Frederick, for Irina in Three Sisters (Nuffield Theatre, Southampton)
- Ryan Kiggell, for Gloucester in King Lear (Royal Shakespeare Company)
- Kananu Kirimi, for Marina in Pericles (Royal Shakespeare Company)
- Claire Price, for Miranda in The Tempest (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield)
- Sam Troughton, for Valère in Tartuffe (National Theatre)
2003
First prize
- Lisa Dillon, for Hilda Wangel in The Master Builder (Almeida Theatre)[29][30]
Second prize
- Louisa Clein, for Hilde in The Lady from the Sea (Almeida Theatre)
Third prize
- Eve Myles, for Lavinia in Titus Andronicus and Bianca in The Taming of the Shrew (Royal Shakespeare Company)
Special commendations
- Peter Hall Company)
- Felicite du Jeu, for Katherine in Henry V (National Theatre)
Commendations
- Jamie Beamish, for Sir Thurio in Two Gentlemen of Verona (Regent's Park Open Air Theatre)
- Royal Exchange Theatre)
- Nancy Carroll, for Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield)
- Rory Kinnear, for Tranio in The Taming of the Shrew (Royal Shakespeare Company)
- Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester)
- Tobias Menzies, for Tusenbach in Three Sisters (Playhouse Theatre)
- Peter Hall Company)
- Paul Ready, for Dromio of Syracuse in The Comedy of Errors (Bristol Old Vic)
- Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester)
2004
First prize
- Nonso Anozie, for Othello in Othello (Cheek by Jowl)[31]
Second prize
- Complicite at the National Theatre)
Third prize
- Old Vic)
Commendations
- Nikki Amuka-Bird, for Viola in Twelfth Night (Bristol Old Vic)
- Elliot Cowan, for Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa in Don Carlos (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield)
- Richard Glaves, for Marchbanks in Candida (Oxford Stage Company)
- Jake Harders, for Reverend Alexander Mill in Candida (Oxford Stage Company)
- Caroline Martin, for Desdemona in Othello (Cheek by Jowl)
- David Nicolle, for Ion in Ion (Mercury Theatre, Colchester)
- Matthew Rhys, for Edmund in King Lear (Royal Shakespeare Company)
- Peter Hall Company)
2005
First prize
- Tis Pity She's a Whore (Southwark Playhouse), and Nurse Ludmilla and Klara in The Last Waltz (Arcola Theatre)[32]
Second prize
- Peter Hall Company)
Third prize
- Benedict Cumberbatch, for Tesman in Hedda Gabler (Almeida Theatre)
Commendations
- Peter Bramhill, for Lifter and Lady Vanity in Thomas More (Royal Shakespeare Company)
- Pillars of the Community (National Theatre)
- Edward Hogg, for Woyzeck in Woyzeck (Gate Theatre)
- Rory Kinnear, for Mortimer in Mary Stuart (Donmar Warehouse)
- James Loye, for Cloten in Cymbeline, and Sir Andrew Aguecheek in Twelfth Night (Regent's Park Open Air Theatre)
- The Hypochondriac (Almeida Theatre)
- Caitlin Mottram, for Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Royal Shakespeare Company)
- Nicholas Shaw, for Benjamin in Easter (Oxford Stage Company)
2006
First prize
- Peter Hall Company)[33]
Second prize
- Catherine Hamilton, for Jessica in The Madras House (Orange Tree Theatre)
Third prize
- Hattie Morahan, for Nina in The Seagull (National Theatre)
Commendations
- Bryan Dick, for Dapper in The Alchemist (National Theatre)
- A Winter's Tale (Royal Shakespeare Company)
- Tom Hiddleston, for Alsemero in The Changeling (Cheek by Jowl)
- Sally Leonard, for Lipochka in A Family Affair (Arcola Theatre)
- Laura Rees, for Lavinia in Titus Andronicus (Shakespeare's Globe)
- Amit Shah, for Abel Drugger in The Alchemist (National Theatre)
- Lex Shrapnel, for John, Talbot's son; Ghost of John Talbot; Henry, Earl of Richmond; and Son that killed his father in Henry VI (Royal Shakespeare Company)
- Pericles(Royal Shakespeare Company)
- Jodie Whittaker, for Nadya in Enemies (Almeida Theatre)
2007
First prize
- Rory Kinnear, for Pytor in Philistines and Sir Fopling Flutter in The Man of Mode (National Theatre)[34][35]
Second prize
- Peter Hall Company)
Third prize
- Tom Hiddleston, for Cassio in Othello (Donmar Warehouse)
Commendations
- Peter Hall Company); and Roderigo in Othello (Donmar Warehouse)
- Sam Crane, for Oswald in Ghosts (Bristol Old Vic), and Roderigo in Othello (Shakespeare's Globe)
- Gabriel Fleary, for Alonso in The Changling (English Touring Theatre)
- Theatre Royal Bath)
- Daniel Hawksford, for Claudio in Much Ado About Nothing (National Theatre)
- John Heffernan, for Oswald in King Lear (Royal Shakespeare Company)
- Richard Madden, for Romeo in Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare's Globe touring)
- Carey Mulligan, for Nina in The Seagull (Royal Court Theatre)
- Pippa Nixon, for Jessica in The Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare's Globe)
- Amy Noble, for Lily Wilson in Chains (Orange Tree Theatre)
- Claudia Renton, for Mabel Chiltern in Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester)
- Dominic Tighe, for the Tailor and the Widow in The Taming of the Shrew (Propeller at the Watermill)
- Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester)[36]
2008
First prize
- Tom Burke, for Adolph in Creditors (Donmar Warehouse)[37]
Second prize
- Edward Bennett, for Hamlet in Hamlet, and Navarre in Love's Labour's Lost (Royal Shakespeare Company)
Third prize
- John Heffernan, for Stephen Undershaft in Major Barbara (National Theatre)
Special commendations
- Mariah Gale, for Ophelia in Hamlet (Royal Shakespeare Company)
- Wyndhams Theatre)
- Wyndhams Theatre)
Commendations
- Charles Aitken, for Iago in Othello (Frantic Assembly)
- David Ajala, for Reynaldo in Hamlet, and Cobweb in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Royal Shakespeare Company)
- Hayley Atwell, for Barbara in Major Barbara (National Theatre)
- Beth Cooke, for Irina in Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester)
- Tom Davey, for Laertes in Hamlet (Royal Shakespeare Company)
- Natalie Dew, for Viola in Twelfth Night (Regent's Park Open Air Theatre)
- Ryan Gage, for Flute in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Royal Shakespeare Company)
- Oliver Le Sueur, for Lucentio The Taming of the Shrew and Laertes in Hamlet (Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory, Bristol)
- Gwilym Lee, for the Messenger in Oedipus (National Theatre)
- Rose Theatre)
- Wyndhams Theatre)
2009
First prize
- Ruth Negga, for Aricia in Phèdre (National Theatre)[38]
Second prize
- Max Bennett, for Claudio in Measure for Measure (Theatre Royal, Plymouth) and Frank in Mrs Warren's Profession (Theatre Royal, Bath)
Third prize
- Natalie Dew, for Celia in As You Like It (Curve Theatre)
Special commendations as previous winners
- Mariah Gale, for Celia in As You Like It (Royal Shakespeare Company)
- Old Vic)
Commendations
- Hedydd Dylan, for Eliza Doolittle in Clwyd Theatr Cymru)
- Tracy Ifeachor, for Rosalind in As You Like It (Curve Theatre)
- Max Irons, for Max Piccolomini in Wallenstein (Chichester Festival Theatre)
- Tunji Kasim, for Lucius and Romulus in Julius Caesar (Royal Shakespeare Company)
- Vanessa Kirby, for Regina in Ghosts (Octagon Theatre, Bolton)
- Comedy Theatre)
- Jack Laskey, for Orlando in As You Like It (Shakespeare's Globe)
- Harry Lloyd, for Oswald in Ghosts (Arcola Theatre)
- Wyndhams Theatre)
- David Ononokpono, for Orlando in As You Like It (Curve Theatre)
- Henry Pettigrew, for Marcellus and Second Gravedigger in Wyndhams Theatre)
- Prasanna Puwanarajah, for Messenger in Thyestes (Arcola Theatre)
- George Rainsford, for Bertram in All's Well That Ends Well (National Theatre)
- Sam Swainsbury, for Demetrius in A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Salerio in The Merchant of Venice (Propeller)
- Ellie Turner, for Agnes in Upstairs at the Gatehouse)
2010s
2010
First prize
- Gwilym Lee, for Edgar in King Lear (Donmar Warehouse)[39]
Second prize
- Headlong Theatre)
Third prize
- Octagon Theatre)
Commendations
- Pippa Bennett-Warner, for Cordelia in King Lear (Donmar Warehouse)
- Sweet Nothings (Young Vic)
- Susannah Fielding, for Petra in An Enemy of the People (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield)
- Melody Grove, for Gwendolen in The Importance of Being Earnest (Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh)
- Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester)
- Ferdinand Kingsley, for Rosencrantz in Hamlet (National Theatre)
- James McArdle, for Malcolm in Macbeth (Shakespeare's Globe), and Aleksey in A Month in the Country (Chichester Festival Theatre)
- Jessica Raine, for Regina in Ghosts (Duchess Theatre)
- Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester)
- Joseph Timms, for John of Lancaster in Henry IV Parts 1 and 2 (Shakespeare's Globe)
- Charity Wakefield, for Lydio Languish in The Rivals (Southwark Playhouse)
- Ashley Zhangazha, for the King of France in King Lear (Donmar Warehouse)[40]
2011
First prize
Second prize
- West Yorkshire Playhouse)
Third prize
- Jodie McNee, for Masha in The Seagull (Arcola Theatre)
Commendations
- Hiran Abeysekera, for Valère in Tartuffe (English Touring Theatre)
- Jade Anouka, for Ophelia in Hamlet (Shakespeare's Globe)
- Mark Arends, for Malcolm in Liverpool Everyman)
- Sebastian Armesto, for Wendoll in A Woman Killed with Kindness (National Theatre)
- John Heffernan, for Richard II in Richard II (Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory)
- Ffion Jolly, for Luciana in The Comedy of Errors (Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory)
- Ben Mansfield, for Sebastian in Twelfth Night (National Theatre)
- Sam Marks, for Friar Peter, Froth, and Gentleman 2 in Measure for Measure (Royal Shakespeare Company)
- Matthew Needham, for Nero in Britannicus (Wilton's Music Hall)
- Eddie Redmayne, for Richard II in Richard II (Donmar Warehouse)
- Lara Rossi, for Myrrha and Macrina in Emperor and Galilean (National Theatre)
- West Yorkshire Playhouse)
2012
First prize
- Ashley Zhangazha, for Ross in Macbeth (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield)[43]
Second prize
- Amy Morgan, for Margery Pinchwife in Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester)
Third prize
- Lara Rossi, for Dol Common in The Alchemist (Liverpool Playhouse)
Commendations
- Jade Anouka, for Calpurnia, Metellus Cimber, and Pindarus in Julius Caesar (Donmar Warehouse)[44][45][46]
- Alys Daroy, for Yelena in The Wood Demon(Theatre Collection)
- The Father (Belgrade Theatre, Coventry)
- Kurt Egyiawan, for Arsace in Berenice (Donmar Warehouse)
- Paapa Essiedu, for Fenton in The Merry Wives of Windsor (Royal Shakespeare Company)
- )
- Aysha Kala, for Maid in Much Ado About Nothing (Royal Shakespeare Company)
- Vanessa Kirby, for Masha in Three Sisters (Young Vic)
- Simon Manyonda, for Lucius in Julius Caesar (Royal Shakespeare Company)
- Luke Norris, for The Soldier in Antigone (National Theatre)
- Ailish Symons, for Cecily in Lyric Theatre, Belfast)
- Ellie Turner, for Fanny Hawthorn in Hindle Wakes (Finborough Theatre)
2013
First prize
- Jack Lowden, for Oswald in Ghosts (Almeida Theatre)[47][48][49][50]
Second prize
- Jessie Buckley, for Miranda in The Tempest (Shakespeare's Globe) and Princess Katharine in Henry V (Noël Coward Theatre)
Third prize
- Graham Butler, for Henry VI in Henry VI, Parts I, II & III (Shakespeare's Globe)
Commendations
- Fisayo Akinade, for Adam, Silvius, and William in As You Like It (Transport Theatre on tour)
- Elliot Barnes-Worrell, for the Groom in Richard II (Royal Shakespeare Company)
- Nari Blair-Mangat, for Caithness in Macbeth (Manchester International Festival)
- Gavin Fowler, for Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Noël Coward Theatre) and Florizel in The Winter's Tale (Royal Shakespeare Company)
- Kim Hardy, for Konstantin in The Seagull (The White Bear)
- Brian Markey, for Hugh in Lyric Theatre, Belfast)
- Charlene McKenna, for Regina in Ghosts (Almeida Theatre)
- Rose Reynolds, for Lavinia in Titus Andronicus (Royal Shakespeare Company)
- Gemma Soul, for Rose in The Recruiting Officer (Salisbury Playhouse)
- Luke Thompson, for Lysander in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Shakespeare's Globe)
- Olivia Vinall, for Desdemona in Othello (National Theatre)
2014
First prize
Second prize
- Tom Mothersdale, for Yasha in The Cherry Orchard (Young Vic)
Third prize
- Cynthia Erivo, for Poins and Earl of Douglas in Henry IV (Donmar Warehouse)
Commendations
- Stefano Braschi, for Soranzo in 'Tis Pity She's a Whore (Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Shakespeare's Globe)
- Rebecca Collingwood, for Blanche in Widowers' Houses (Orange Tree Theatre)
- Ncuti Gatwa, for Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet (HOME, Manchester)
- Emma Hall, for Phaedra, Aphrodite, and Artemis in Hippolytos (Antic Face, at The Colepit)
- Jennifer Kirby, for Lady Percy in Henry IV Parts 1 and 2 (Royal Shakespeare Company)
- Daisy May, for Celia in As You Like It (Tobacco Factory Theatre, Bristol)
- Frances McNamee, for Finea in A Lady of Little Sense (Theatre Royal, Bath)
- Ekow Quartey, for Hans in West Yorkshire Playhouse/Nuffield Theatre)
- Michael Shelford, for Willie Mossop in Hobson's Choice (Octagon Theatre, Bolton)
- Old Vic)
2015
First prize
- James McArdle, for Platonov in Platonov (Chichester Festival Theatre)[53][54]
Second prize
- Elliot Barnes-Worrell, for Straker in Man and Superman (National Theatre)
Third prize
- Sheffield Crucible)
Commendations
- Joel MacCormack, for
- Ken Nwosu, for Silvius in As You Like It (National Theatre)
- Jack Colgrave Hirst, for Clown in The Winter's Tale (Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company at the Garrick Theatre)
- Joshua James, for Konstantin in The Seagull and Nikolai in Platonov (Chichester Festival Theatre)
- Emily Barber, for Imogen in Cymbeline (Shakespeare's Globe)
- Jenny Rainsford, for Miss Prue in Love for Love (Royal Shakespeare Company)
- Pericles (Shakespeare's Globe)
- Trafalgar Studios)
2016
First prize
- Paapa Essiedu, for Hamlet in Hamlet and Edmund in King Lear (Royal Shakespeare Company)[57][58][59]
Second prize
- Jessica Brown Findlay, for Sonya in Uncle Vanya (Almeida Theatre)
Third prize
- Fisayo Akinade, for The Dauphin in Saint Joan (Donmar Warehouse)
Commendations
- James Corrigan, for Palamon in The Two Noble Kinsmen (Royal Shakespeare Company)
- Emma Curtis, for The Lady in Comus (Shakespeare's Globe)
- Marcus Griffiths, for Laertes in Hamlet (Royal Shakespeare Company)
- Felicity Huxley-Miners, for Elena Popova in The Bear (The London Theatre – New Cross)
- Francesca Mills, for Maria in The Government Inspector (Birmingham Repertory Theatre)
- Marc Rhys, for Christian in Cyrano de Bergerac (Theatr Clwyd)
- Natalie Simpson, for Cordelia in King Lear, Ophelia in Hamlet, and Guideria in Cymbeline (Royal Shakespeare Company)
- Ewan Somers, for Claudio in Much Ado About Nothing (Dundee Repertory Theatre)
- Marli Siu, for Hero in Much Ado About Nothing (Dundee Repertory Theatre)
- Joanna Vanderham, for Queen Anne in Richard III (Almeida Theatre)
- Paksie Vernon, for Sylvia Craven in The Philanderer (Orange Tree Theatre)
2017
First prize
- Natalie Simpson, for Duchess Rosaura in The Cardinal (Southwark Playhouse)[60][61]
Second prize
- Tamara Lawrance, for Viola in Twelfth Night (National Theatre)
Third prize
- Ellie Bamber, for Hilde in The Lady from the Sea (Donmar Warehouse)
Commendations
- Daniel Ezra, for Sebastian in Twelfth Night (National Theatre)
- Rebecca Lee, for Friar Laurence in Romeo and Juliet (Watermill Theatre, Newbury)
- James Corrigan, for Mark Antony in Julius Caesar (Royal Shakespeare Company)
- Ned Derrington, for Lysander in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Shakespeare's Globe)
- Sope Dirisu, for Coriolanus in Coriolanus (Royal Shakespeare Company)
- Arthur Hughes, for Lucius in Sheffield Crucible)
- Douggie McMeekin, for Snug in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Young Vic)
- Hannah Morrish, for Lavinia in Titus Andronicus (Royal Shakespeare Company)
2018
First prize
- Bally Gill, for Romeo in Romeo and Juliet (Royal Shakespeare Company)[62][63]
Second prize
- Hannah Morrish, for Octavia in Antony and Cleopatra (National Theatre)[62]
Third prize
- Luke Newberry, for Malcolm in Macbeth (Royal Shakespeare Company)[62]
Commendations
- Daniel Burke, for Diomed in Troilus and Cressida (Royal Shakespeare Company)[63][64][65]
- Heledd Gwynn, for Katharine and Dauphin in Henry V (Tobacco Factory Theatre, Bristol)
- Tyrone Huntley, for Lysander in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Watermill Theatre, Newbury)
- Martins Imhangbe, for Bagot and Aumerle in Richard II (Almeida Theatre)
- Toheeb Jimoh, for Demetrius in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield)
- Aaron Pierre, for Cassio in Othello (Shakespeare's Globe)
- Two Noble Kinsmen (Shakespeare's Globe)
- Helena Wilson, for Mariana in Measure for Measure (Donmar Warehouse)
2019
First prize
- Heledd Gwynn, for Hedda in Hedda Gabler (Sherman Theatre, Cardiff) and Hastings and Ratcliffe in Richard III (Headlong)[66][67]
Second prize
- Hammed Animashaun, for Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Bridge Theatre)[67]
Third prize
Commendations
- Kitty Archer, for Mariane in Tartuffe (National Theatre)[68][67]
- Eben Figueiredo, for Christian in Cyrano de Bergerac (Jamie Lloyd Company at the Playhouse Theatre)
- Isis Hainsworth, for Hermia in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Bridge Theatre)
- Ebony Jonelle, for Rosalind in As You Like It (National Theatre Public Acts at the Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch)
- Ioanna Kimbook, for Cariola in The Duchess of Malfi (Almeida Theatre)
- Racheal Ofori, for Udo in Three Sisters (National Theatre)
- Billy Postlethwaite, for Macbeth in Macbeth (Watermill Theatre)
- Ekow Quartey, for Lysander in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Shakespeare's Globe)
- Kit Young, for Lysander in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Bridge Theatre)
2020s
2020/2021
First prize
- Gloria Obianyo, for Neoptolemus in Kae Tempest's Paradise (National Theatre)[69]
Second prize
- Aimee Lou Wood, for Sonya in Uncle Vanya (Harold Pinter Theatre)
Third prize
- Lorn Macdonald, for Segismundo in Life Is a Dream (Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh)
Commendations
- Jonathan Ajayi, for Laertes in Hamlet (Young Vic)[70]
- Norah Lopez Holden, for Ophelia in Hamlet (Young Vic)
- Baker Mukasa, for Angelo in The Comedy of Errors (Royal Shakespeare Company)
- Rebekah Murrell, for Juliet in Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare's Globe)
- Anna Russell-Martin, for Rosaura in Life Is a Dream (Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh)
- Josh Zaré, for Claudio in Measure for Measure (Shakespeare's Globe)
2022
First prize
- Abiola Owokoniran, for Algernon Moncrieff in The Importance of Being Earnest (English Touring Theatre)[5][71]
Second prize
- William Robinson, for Lyric Hammersmith)
Third Prize
- Rosy McEwen, for Desdemona in Othello (National Theatre)
Commendations
- Rose Ayling-Ellis, for Celia in As You Like It (@sohoplace)[72][73][74][5][71]
- Ralph Davis, for Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare's Globe)
- Eben Figueiredo, for Claudio in Much Ado About Nothing (National Theatre)
- Conor Glean, for Dick the Butcher in Henry VI: Rebellion, Young Clifford in Henry VI: War of the Roses, and Murderer 2 in Richard III (Royal Shakespeare Company)
- Phoebe Horn, for Margaret in Much Ado About Nothing (National Theatre)
- Mirren Mack, for Ophelia in Hamlet (Bristol Old Vic)
- Daniel Rock, for King Richard II in Richard II (Omnibus Theatre)
- Rosie Sheehy, for )
- Chanel Waddock, for Desdemona in Othello (Frantic Assembly)
- Claire Wetherall, for Hero in Much Ado About Nothing (Sheffield Theatres/Ramps on the Moon)
- Benjamin Wilson, for Borachio in Much Ado About Nothing (Sheffield Theatres/Ramps on the Moon)
Judges
1990s
1990
- Sunday Timesdrama critic
- Ian Brown – drama director of the Arts Council of Great Britain
- Sylvia Syms – actress
1991
- John Peter – Sunday Times drama critic
- Ian Brown – drama director of the Arts Council of Great Britain
- Sylvia Syms – actress
1992
- John Peter – Sunday Times drama critic
- Ian Brown – drama director of the Arts Council of Great Britain
- Sylvia Syms – actress
1993
- John Peter – Sunday Times drama critic
- Jane Lapotaire – actress
- Nicholas Wright – playwright and director
1994
- Serena Hill – National Theatre casting director
- Jane Lapotaire – actress
- Nicholas Wright – National Theatre associate director
- John Peter – Sunday Times drama critic
1995
- Serena Hill – National Theatre casting director
- Jane Lapotaire – actress
- Nicholas Wright – National Theatre associate director
- John Peter – Sunday Times drama critic
1996
- Jane Lapotaire – actress[75]
- Serena Hill – National Theatre casting director
- John Peter – Sunday Times drama critic
1997
- Peter Gill – playwright and director
- Serena Hill – National Theatre casting director
- John Peter – Sunday Times drama critic
1998
- Penelope Wilton – actress[76]
- Peter Gill – playwright and director
- Wendy Spon – National Theatre deputy casting director
- John Peter – Sunday Times drama critic
1999
(unpublished)
2000s
2000
- Penelope Wilton – actress
- Peter Gill – playwright and director
- Wendy Spon – National Theatre deputy casting director
- John Peter – Sunday Times drama critic
2001
- Penelope Wilton – actress
- Howard Davies – National Theatre associate director
- John Peter – Sunday Times drama critic
2002
- Eileen Atkins – actress
- Howard Davies – National Theatre associate director
- Gabrielle Dawes – National Theatre casting director
- Hannah Miller – National Theatre casting director
- John Peter – Sunday Times drama critic
2003
- Lindsay Posner – director
- Penny Downie – actress
- Toby Whale – head of casting at the National Theatre
- John Peter – Sunday Times drama critic
2004
(unpublished)
2005
- Francesca Annis – actress
- Lindsay Posner – director
- Toby Whale – National Theatre casting director
- John Peter – Sunday Times drama critic
2006
- Francesca Annis – actress
- Lindsay Posner – director
- Toby Whale – National Theatre casting director
- John Peter – Sunday Times drama critic
2007
- Penny Downie – actress
- Michael Grandage – director
- Wendy Spon – National Theatre casting director
- John Peter – Sunday Times drama critic
2008
(unpublished)
2009
- Wendy Spon – National Theatre head of casting
- Geraldine James – actress
- Michael Grandage – director
- John Peter – Sunday Times drama critic
2010s
2010
- Geraldine James – actress
- Michael Grandage – director
- Alastair Coomer – National Theatre casting director
- John Peter – Sunday Times drama critic
2011
(unpublished)
2012
- Michael Grandage – director
- Geraldine James – actress
- Wendy Spon – National Theatre head of casting
- John Peter – former Sunday Times drama critic
2013
- Michael Grandage – director
- Francesca Annis – actress
- Wendy Spon – National Theatre head of casting
- John Peter – former Sunday Times drama critic
2014
- Michael Grandage – director
- Francesca Annis – actress
- Wendy Spon – National Theatre head of casting
- John Peter – former Sunday Times drama critic
2015
- Michael Grandage – director
- Deborah Findlay – actress
- Wendy Spon – National Theatre head of casting
- John Peter – former Sunday Times drama critic
2016
- Michael Grandage – director
- Deborah Findlay – actress
- Wendy Spon – National Theatre head of casting
2017
- Michael Grandage – director
- Deborah Findlay – actress
- Wendy Spon – National Theatre head of casting
2018
- Michael Grandage – director
- Deborah Findlay – actress
- Wendy Spon – National Theatre head of casting
- Kate Bassett – The Times theatre critic and literary associate at Chichester Festival Theatre
2019
- Lyndsey Turner – director
- Deborah Findlay – actress
- Alastair Coomer – casting director
- Kate Bassett – The Times theatre critic and literary associate at Chichester Festival Theatre
2020s
2020/2021
- Emma Fielding – actress[77][78]
- Ashley Zhangazha – actress
- Alastair Coomer – National Theatre casting director
- Kate Bassett – former theatre critic at The Times
2022
- Emma Fielding – actress[72][73]
- Ashley Zhangazha – actress
- Alastair Coomer – National Theatre casting director
- Robert Hastie – artistic director of Sheffield Theatres
See also
- List of Ian Charleson Award winners
- Sam Wanamaker Prize
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