Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Play

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acting award theatre award

The Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Play is a major British theatre honor presented annually by the Society of London Theatre to recognize outstanding leading performances by male actors in stage plays.

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Label Occurrences
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a New Play 1
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Play 1
Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Play canonical 1

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf acting award ⓘ
theatre award ⓘ
associatedCity London NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardCeremonyType live theatre awards ceremony ⓘ
awardedFor outstanding leading performances by male actors in stage plays ⓘ
categoryOf Laurence Olivier Awards for acting NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
eligibility leading roles ⓘ
male actors ⓘ
field acting ⓘ
theatre ⓘ
formerName Society of West End Theatre Award for Best Actor NERFINISHED ⓘ
formerNameUsedUntil 1983 ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
hasGenderRestriction male ⓘ
inception 1976 ⓘ
languageOfCeremony English ⓘ
location London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
medium stage plays ⓘ
namedAfter Laurence Olivier NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWinner Alan Bates NERFINISHED ⓘ
Benedict Cumberbatch NERFINISHED ⓘ
David Tennant NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ian McKellen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mark Rylance NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ralph Fiennes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Simon Russell Beale NERFINISHED ⓘ
organizer Society of London Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Laurence Olivier Awards NERFINISHED ⓘ
presentedBy Society of London Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ
region London theatre ⓘ
relatedAward Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical NERFINISHED ⓘ
Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play NERFINISHED ⓘ
Olivier Award for Best New Play NERFINISHED ⓘ
renamedIn 1984 ⓘ
scope West End theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ
selectionProcess voting by theatre professionals ⓘ
status active ⓘ

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Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play → hasSubcategory → Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Play ⓘ
Kenneth Cranham → awardReceived → Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Play ⓘ
this entity surface form: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Play
Trevor Eve → awardReceived → Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Play ⓘ
this entity surface form: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a New Play