Hollywood stars Rachel Weisz, Jude Law, Keira Knightley and Gillian Anderson were nominated on Monday for Laurence Olivier Awards, British theatre's top accolades.
Hollywood stars Rachel Weisz, Jude Law, Keira Knightley and Gillian Anderson were nominated on Monday for Laurence Olivier Awards, British theatre's top accolades.
Anderson and Weisz are contesting the best actress category for their turns in A Doll's House and A Streetcar Named Desire respectively, and are up against Imelda Staunton (Entertaining Mr Sloane), Juliet Stevenson (Duet For One) and Lorraine Burroughs (The Mountaintop).
Knightley was nominated for a best supporting actress award for The Misanthrope, her West End debut.
In the best actor category, Law is shortlisted for his portrayal of the title role of Shakespeare's Hamlet, while James McAvoy, also best known for his films, is nominated for Three Days of Rain.
With six nominations apiece are Lucy Prebble's Enron, about the collapsed US energy trading company, and Jerusalem, Jez Butterworth's portrayal of less-than-idyllic life in rural England.
The Royal Court Theatre garnered the most nominations with 15, followed by the Donmar with 10 and the National Theatre with nine.
London' West End enjoyed a bumper 2009, with attendances rising 5.5% to 14.3 million and revenues 7.6% higher than 2008 at £505 million ($790 million).
Following is a list of the main categories for the 2010 Laurence Olivier Awards, to be handed out in London on March 21.
Best Actress
- Gillian Anderson for A Doll's House
- Lorraine Burroughs for The Mountaintop
- Imelda Staunton for Entertaining Mr Sloane
- Juliet Stevenson for Duet For One
- Rachel Weisz for A Streetcar Named Desire
Best Actor
- James Earl Jones for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
- Jude Law for Hamlet
- James McAvoy for Three Days of Rain
- Mark Rylance for Jerusalem
- Ken Stott for A View From the Bridge
- Samuel West for Enron
Best Supporting Actress
- Hayley Atwell for A View From the Bridge
- Michelle Dockery for Burnt By the Sun
- Alexandra Gilbreath for Twelfth Night
- Keira Knightley for The Misanthrope
- Rachael Stirling for The Priory
- Ruth Wilson for A Streetcar Named Desire
Best Supporting Actor
- Mackenzie Crook for Jerusalem
- Rory Kinnear for Burnt By the Sun
- Tim Pigott-Smith for Enron
- Eddie Redmayne for Red
Best Director
- Rupert Goold for Enron
- Michael Grandage for Hamlet
- Lindsay Posner for A View From the Bridge
- Ian Rickson for Jerusalem
- Bijan Sheibani for Our Class
Best New Play
- Enron by Lucy Prebble
- Jerusalem by Jez Butterworth
- The Mountaintop by Katori Hall
- Red by John Logan
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