The 2009 Evening Standard Theatre Awards were announced on 2009. The shortlist was revealed on 2009 and the longlist on 2 November 2009.Longlist
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Winners, shortlist and longlist

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Best Play

* ''

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'' by Jez Butterworth (Royal Court)

Longlisted

* '' August: Osage County'' by Tracy Letts (Steppenwolf/National) * '' England People Very Nice'' by Richard Bean (National) * ''

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'' by Lucy Prebble (Royal Court) * '' Our Class'' by Tadeusz Słobodzianek/ Ryan Craig (National) * ''

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'' by Simon Stephens (Tricycle) * ''

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'' by Simon Stephens (Lyric Hammersmith) * '' Tusk Tusk'' by Polly Stenham (Royal Court) * '' When The Rain Stops Falling'' by Andrew Bovell (Almeida)

Best Director

* Rupert Goold for ''

'' (Royal Court)

Longlisted

* Howard Davies for '' Burnt by the Sun'' (National) * Marianne Elliott for '' All's Well That Ends Well'' (National) * Richard Eyre for '' The Last Cigarette'' (Trafalgar Studios) and ''

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'' (National) * Jeremy Herrin for '' Tusk Tusk'' (Royal Court) * Janice Honeyman for ''

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'' (RSC Stratford/Richmond) * Sean Mathias for '' Waiting For Godot'' (Theatre Royal Haymarket) *

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for '' The Winter's Tale'' (Old Vic) * Ian Rickson for ''

'' (Royal Court) * Anna D Shapiro for '' August: Osage County'' (Steppenwolf/National)

Best Actor

* Mark Rylance, ''

'' (Royal Court)

Longlisted

* Bertie Carvel, '' The Pride'', (Royal Court) * Michael Feast, '' Plague Over England'' (Duchess) * Henry Goodman, '' Duet For One'' (Almeida/Vaudeville) * David Harewood, '' The Mountaintop'' (Theatre 503/Trafalgar Studios) * Matthew Kelly, ''

Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' is a play by Edward Albee first staged in October 1962. It examines the complexities of the marriage of middle-aged couple Martha and George. Late one evening, after a university faculty party, they rec ...

'' (Trafalgar Studios) & '' Troilus And Cressida'' (Shakespeare's Globe) * Ian McKellen, '' Waiting For Godot'' (Theatre Royal Haymarket) * Simon Russell Beale, '' The Winter's Tale'' (Old Vic) *

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, '' Inherit The Wind'' (Old Vic) * Ken Stott, '' A View From The Bridge'' (Duke of York's) *

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, ''

Hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play. Set in Denmark, the play (the ...

'' (RSC Stratford/Novello) * David Troughton, '' Enjoy'' (Gielgud) & '' Inherit The Wind'' (Old Vic) * Samuel West, ''

'' (Royal Court)

Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress

* Rachel Weisz, '' A Streetcar Named Desire'' (Donmar Warehouse)

Longlisted

* Samantha Bond, '' Arcadia'' (Duke of York's) * Deanna Dunagan, '' August: Osage County'' (Steppenwolf/ National) * Penny Downie, '' Helen'' (Shakespeare's Globe) * Rebecca Hall, '' The Winter's Tale'' (Old Vic) * Pauline Malefane, '' The Mysteries'' (Garrick) * Lyndsey Marshal, '' The Pride'' (Royal Court) * Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, '' A View From The Bridge'' (Duke of York's) * Amy Morton, '' August: Osage County'' (Steppenwolf/ National) * Juliet Stevenson, '' Duet For One'' (Almeida/Vaudeville) * Michelle Terry, '' England People Very Nice'' (National)

Ned Sherrin Award for Best Musical

* '' Hello, Dolly!'' (Open Air, Regent's Park)

Longlisted

* '' A Little Night Music'' (Menier Chocolate Factory/Garrick) * '' Been So Long'' (Young Vic) * '' The Mysteries'' (Garrick) * '' Spring Awakening'' (Lyric Hammersmith/Novello) * '' Sunset Boulevard'' (Comedy)

Best Design

* Mamoru Iriguchi, '' Mincemeat'' (Cardboard Citizens/Cordy House, Shoreditch)

Longlisted

* Jon Bausor, ''

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'' (Young Vic) * Miriam Buether, ''

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'' (Almeida) * Lez Brotherston, '' Dancing At Lughnasa'' (Old Vic) * Bob Crowley, '' Phedre'' (National) & '' The Power Of Yes'' (National) * Rob Howell, ''

'' (National) * Peter McKintosh, '' Prick Up Your Ears'' (Comedy) * Vicki Mortimer, '' Burnt by The Sun'' (National) * Christopher Oram, ''

'', '' Madame de Sade'', '' Twelfth Night'' (Donmar at Wyndham's), '' A Streetcar Named Desire'' (Donmar Warehouse) * Todd Rosenthal, '' August: Osage County'' (National) * Ultz, ''

'' (Royal Court)

Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright

* Alia Bano, '' Shades'' (Royal Court)

Longlisted

* Kieron Barry, '' Stockwell'' (Landor & Tricycle) * Lucy Kirkwood, '' It Felt Empty When The Heart Went At First But It Is Alright Now'' (Arcola) * Molly Davies, '' A Miracle'' (Royal Court) * Katori Hall, '' The Mountaintop'' (Theatre 503 & Trafalgar Studios) * Ella Hickson, '' Eight'' (Trafalgar Studios) * Alexi Kaye Campbell, '' The Pride'' (Royal Court) & '' Apologia'' (Bush)

Milton Shulman Award for Outstanding Newcomer

Lenny Henry Sir Lenworth George Henry (born 29 August 1958) is a British Jamaicans, British-Jamaican comedian, actor and writer. He gained success as a Stand-up comedy, stand-up comedian and impressionist in the late 1970s and early 1980s, culminating in ' ...

, '' Othello'' (Northern Broadsides at Trafalgar Studios)

Longlisted

* Naana Agyei-Ampadu, '' Been So Long'' (Young Vic) * Aneurin Barnard, '' Spring Awakening'' (Lyric Hammersmith) * Ruth Negga, '' Phedre'' (National) * Bel Powley, '' Tusk Tusk'' (Royal Court) * Toby Regbo, '' Tusk Tusk'' (Royal Court) * Tom Sturridge, ''

'' (Lyric Hammersmith) * Charlotte Wakefield, '' Spring Awakening'' (Lyric Hammersmith & Novello) * Phoebe Waller-Bridge, '' 2nd May 1997'' (Bush)

Judges

* Henry Hitchings of the Standard * Susannah Clapp of The Observer * Matt Wolf of the International Herald Tribune * Georgina Brown of The Mail on Sunday * Charles Spencer from the Daily Telegraph * Sarah Sands, London Evening Standard * Evgeny Lebedev, London Evening Standard

References

{{reflist Evening Standard Theatre Awards ceremonies

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