Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play information
Annual award for London's West End theatre
Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play
Awarded for
Best New Play
Location
England
Presented by
Society of London Theatre
First awarded
1976
Currently held by
Dear England (2024)
Website
officiallondontheatre.com/olivier-awards/
The Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play is an annual award presented by the Society of London Theatre in recognition of achievements in commercial London theatre. The awards were established as the Society of West End Theatre Awards in 1976, and renamed in 1984 in honour of English actor and director Laurence Olivier.
The award was titled Play of the Year from its establishment in 1976, and was first retitled to its current name for the 2001 Olivier Awards.
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