Between 1965 and 2010, the John Whiting Award (from 2007 renamed the Peter Wolff Trust Supports the John Whiting Award) was awarded annually to a British or Commonwealth playwright who, in the opinion of a consortium of UK theatres, showed a new and distinctive development in dramatic writing with particular relevance to contemporary society. The award was established in 1965 to commemorate John Whiting and his distinctive contribution to post-war British theatre. Until 2006, the selection was made by the drama panel of Arts Council England, and the play did not need to have been staged, which allowed plays produced on radio to be considered.
From 2007, only plays which had been performed in the subsidised sector were eligible. The award was initially worth £1000, but grew to £6000 per year. From 2007, the award was supplied by the Peter Wolff Theatre Trust and was administered by a consortium of UK theatres which specialise in new writing.
The theatres involved were: Birmingham Repertory Theatre Bush Theatre, London Cleanbreak, London Hampstead Theatre, London Liverpool Everyman Liverpool Playhouse Nottingham Playhouse Nuffield Theatre, Southampton Paines Plough, London (touring) Royal Court Theatre, London Sgript Cymru, Cardiff Soho Theatre, London Tamasha Theatre Company, London Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
+Winners of the John Whiting AwardYearPlaywrightPlay1967Tom StoppardRosencrantz and Guildenstern are DeadWole SoyinkaThe Interpreters1967Peter NicholsA Day in the Death of Joe Egg1968Peter BarnesThe Ruling ClassEdward BondNarrow Road to the Deep North1969Howard BrentonChristie in Love1970Freehold Company and Peter Hulton (joint)Freehold on Antigone1971Mustapha MaturaAs Time Goes By1972Heathcote WilliamsAC/DC1973John Arden1974David Rudkin1975 1976David EdgarDestiny1977David LanThe Winter Dancers1978David HalliwellPrejudiceSnoo WilsonThe Glad Hand1979Stephen BillThe Old Order1980Vince FoxallGestures1981David PownallBeef1982Karim AlrawiMigrations1983Peter FlanneryOur Friends in the North1984Ron HutchinsonThe Rat in the Skull1985Guy HibbertOn the EdgeHeidi ThomasShamrocks & Crocodiles1986Nick DearThe Art of Success1987 1988Iain HeggieAmerican Bagpipes1989Billy RocheA Handful of Stars1990Lucy GannonKeeping Tom Nice1991Terry JohnsonImagine Drowning1992Rod WoodenYour Home in the West1993Martin CrimpThe TreatmentHelen EdmundsonThe Clearing1994Jonathan HarveyBeautiful Thing1995Joe PenhallSome Voices1996Ayub Khan-DinEast is East1997Ann CoburnGet Up and Tie Your Fingers1998/9Roy WilliamsStarstruck1999 2000David GreigThe Cosmonaut's Last Message to the Woman He Once Loved in the Former Soviet UnionTanika GuptaThe Waiting Room2001Zinnie HarrisFurther than the Furthest Thing2002Peter RumneyJumping on my Shadow2003Rona MunroIron2004Owen McCaffertyScenes from the Big Picture2005Fin KennedyHow to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found2006James PhillipsThe Rubenstein KissFraser GraceBreakfast with Mugabe2007Dennis KellyTaking Care of Baby2008Bryony LaveryStockholm2009Alexi Kaye CampbellThe Pride2010Tim CrouchThe Author Lucy Kirkwoodit felt empty when the heart went at first but it is alright now
References
External links Arts Council England Peter Wolff Theatre Trust Birmingham Repertory Theatre Bush Theatre Cleanbreak Hampstead Theatre Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse Nottingham Playhouse Nuffield Theatre Paines Plough Royal Court Theatre Sgript Cymru Soho Theatre Tamasha Theatre Company Traverse Theatre The Stage http://twp.posterous.com/shortlist-announced-peter-wolff-theatre-trust