When the London theatre critics gathered to hand out their annual awards at lunchtime today in person, a notable percentage of the gongs were carried off by the National Theatre.
The National also prospered with Frankenstein, which divided critics when it opened last year but has won best actor for Benedict Cumberbatch (trumping Jonny Lee Miller, the co-star with whom he swapped the two lead roles) and best designer for Mark Tildesley. Finally, Mike Leigh was named best director for his play Grief.
Among the other actors who came away with an award were Sheridan Smith for her performance in Flare Path, one of the hit productions of the Rattigan centenary, and Eddie Redmayne, whose Richard II was deemed the year’s best Shakespearean performance, beating the likes of David Tennant in Much Ado About Nothing and Michael Sheen in Hamlet.
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