Clarence Derwent Awards
The Clarence Derwent Awards are a theater award. They are annually in the US on Broadway by the Actors' Equity Association (AEA) and in the UK by the performers union Equity in West End awarded.
Clarence Derwent was born in London. He was a theater director and entrepreneur. From 1946 to 1952 he was President of America's Actors' Equity.
In his will he wrote out two prizes for promising actors to promote individual achievements. The pay was initially $ 500 on Broadway for the best male and female actors and £ 100 for the West End theater. He wanted to see how these prizes were awarded, so the first US prize was awarded in 1945 and the first UK prize in 1948. Derwent died in 1959.
The price for the US in the 2000s includes $ 2,000 and an engraved crystal cup.
US winners
Most promising actor on Broadway
- 1945: Frederick O'Neal as Frank in Anna Lucasta
- 1946: Paul Douglas as Herry Brock in Born Yesterday
- 1947: Tom Ewell as Fred Taylor in John Loves Mary
- 1948: Lou Gilbert as Charlie in Hope Is a Thing with Feathers
- 1949: Ray Walston as a travel salesman in Summer and Smoke
- 1950: Douglas Watson as a young liberal in Wisteria Trees
- 1951: Frederic Warriner as Soames in Getting Married and
- Logan Ramsey as Willie Pentridge in High Ground
- 1952: Iggie Wolfington as chief in Mrs. McThing
- 1953: David J. Stewart as Baron in Camino Real
- 1954: David Lewis as Joe Wicks in King of Hearts
- 1955: Fritz Weaver as Flaminero in The White Devil
- 1956: Gerald Hiken as Telegen in Uncle Vanya
- 1957: Ellis Rabb as Alceste in The Misanthrope
- 1958: George C. Scott as Richard III. in Richard III
- 1959: David Hurst as a police inspector in Look After Lulu
- 1960: William Daniels as Peter in Zoo Story
- 1961: Eric Christmas as Rector Olive in Little Moon of Alba
- 1962: Gene Wilder as a hotel valet in Complaisant Lover
- 1963: Gene Hackman as a football player in Children from their Games
- 1964: Richard McMurray as magazine editor for A Case of Libel
- 1965: Jame Sanchez as Jesus in Conerico Was Here to Stay
- 1966: Christopher Walken as King Philip of France The Lion in Winter and
- Tom Ahearne as Major in Hogan's Goat (special citation)
- 1967: Austin Pendleton as Irwin Ingham in Hail Scrawdyke and
- Philip Bosco as a representative in The Alchemist
- 1968: David Birney as a Concerned Youth in Summertree
- 1969: Ron O'Neal as a gift in No Place to be Somebody
- 1970: Jeremiah Sullivan as the gravedigger in A Scent of Flowers
- 1971: James Woods as Lenny in Saved
- 1972: Richard Backus as Wesley in Promenade All
- 1973: Christopher Murney as New Year's Eve in Tricks
- 1974: Thom Christopher as a waiter at Noel Coward in 2 Keys
- 1975: Walter Reyno as Lou in The First Breeze of Summer
- 1976: Peter Evans as Richie in Streamers
- 1977: Barry Preston as The Eccentric Dance in Bubbling Brown Sugar
- 1978: Morgan Freeman as Zeke in The Mighty Gents
- 1979: Richard Cox as Dan Danger in Platinum
- 1980: Eric Peterson as Billy Bishop in Billy Bishop Goes to War
- 1981: Bob Gunton as 21 actor in How I Got That Story
- 1982: Larry Riley as Soldier J. Memphis in A Soldier's Play
- 1983: John Malkovich as Lee in True West
- 1984: Peter Gallagher as Billy in The Real Thing
- 1985: Bill Sadler as Sgt.Merwin J. Toomey in Biloxi Blues
- 1986: John Mahoney as Artie Shaughnessy in The House of Blue Leaves
- 1987: Courtney B. Vance as Cory Maxson in Fences
- 1988: BD Wong as Song Lilong in M. Butterfly
- 1989: John Pankow as Eamon in Aristocrats
- 1990: Michael Jeter as Otto Kringelein in Grand Hotel
- 1991: Danny Gerard as Arty in Lost in Yonkers and
- James McDaniel as Paul Portier in Six Degrees of Separation
- 1992: Patrick Fitzgerald as Sean O'Casey in Grandchild of Kings
- 1993: Joe Mantello as Louis Ironson in Angels in America
- 1994: Robert Stanton in various roles in All in the Timing
- 1995: Billy Crudup as a tutor in Arcadia
- 1996: Ruben Santiago Hudson as Canewell in Seven Guitars
- 1997: Alan Tudyk as Alan in various roles in Bunny, Bunny
- 1998: Sam Trammell as son in Ah, Wilderness!
- 1999: Robert Sella as Clifford in Side Man
- 2000: Derek Smith as King in Green Bird and as Bastard in King John
- 2001: David Burtka as Boy in The Play About the Baby
- 2002: Sam Robards as Gustav Eberson in The Man Who Had All the Luck
- 2003: Denis O'Hare as Mason Marzac in Take Me Out
- 2004: John Tartaglia Princeton and Rod on Avenue Q
- 2005: Christian Borle as historian, Fred, French guard and as Prince Herbert in Monty Python's Spamalot
- 2006: Jason Ritter as Woodson Bull III in Third
- 2007: Lin-Manuel Miranda as Usnavi in In the Heights
- 2008: Michael Esper as a jumper in Crazy Mary
- 2009: Aaron Tveit as Gabriel Goodman in Next to Normal
- 2010: Bill Heck in various roles in The Orphans' Home Cycle
- 2011: Santino Fontana as Algernon in The Importance of Being Earnest
- 2012: Finn Wittrock as Happy Loman in Death of a Salesman
- 2013: Michael Urie as Alex in Buyer & Cellar
- 2014: Steven Boyer as Jason and Tyrone in Hand to God
- 2015: Josh Grisetti as Marty Kaufman in It Shoulda Been You
- 2016: Ben Platt as Evan Hansen in Dear Evan Hansen
Most Promising Actress On Broadway
- 1945: Judy Holliday as Alice in Kiss Them for Me
- 1946: Barbara Bel Geddes as Genevra Langdon in Deep Are the Roots
- 1947: Margaret Philips as Birdie Bagtry in Another Part of the Forest
- 1948: Catherine Ayers as Susie in Moon of the Caribbean
- 1949: Leora Dana as Irma in The Madwoman of Chaillot
- 1950: Gloria Lane as secretary at The Consul
- 1951: Phyllis Love as Rose Delle Rose in The Rose Tattoo
- 1952: Anne Meacham as Ensign Jane Hilton in The Long Watch
- 1953: Jenny Egan as Mary Warren in The Witch Hunt
- 1954: Vilma Murer as Hilda Kranzbeck in The Winner
- 1955: Vivian Nathan as cleaning lady in Anastasia
- 1956: Frances Sternhagen as Shavian Heroine in The Admiral Bashville
- 1957: Joan Croydon as a housekeeper in The Potting Shed
- 1958: Collin Wilcox as Ellen Wells in The Day the Money Stopped
- 1959: Lois Nettleton as Sheila O'Conner in God & Kate Murphy
- 1960: Rochelle Oliver as Lily Berniers in Toys in the Attic
- 1961: Rosemary Murphy as Dorothea Bates in Period of Adjustment
- 1962: Rebecca Drake as Helen Cobb in Who'll Save the Plowboy
- 1963: Jessica Walter as secretary in Photo Finish
- 1964: Joyse Ebert as Andromache in The Trojan Women
- 1965: Elizabeth Hubbard as Monica in The Physicist
- 1966: Jean Hepple as serving girl in Sgt.Musgraves Dance
- 1967: Reva Rose as Lucy in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
- 1968: Catherine Burns as Monica in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
- 1969: Marlene Warfield as Discarded Mistress in The Great White Hope
- 1970: Pamela Paton-Wright as Tillie in The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
- 1971: Katherine Helmond as a banana in The House of Blue Leaves
- 1972: Pamela Bellwood as Jill Tanner in Butterflies Are Free
- 1973: Mari Gorman as Jackie in The Hot l Baltimore
- 1974: Ann Reinking as Maggie in Over Here
- 1975: Mary Beth Hurt as Prue in Love For Love
- 1976: Nancy Snyder as Jean d'Arc in Knock, Knock
- 1977: Rose Gregorio as Agnes in The Shadow Box
- 1978: Margaret Hilton as Eve in Molly
- 1979: Laurie Kennedy as Violet in Man and Superman
- 1980: Dianne Wiest as Elizabeth Barrow in On the Art of Dining
- 1981: Mia Dillon as Babe Botrelle in Crimes of the Heart
- 1982: Joann Camp as Skye Bullene in Geniuses
- 1983: Dana Ivey as Monica Reed in Present Laughter and as Melanie Garth in Quartermaine's Terms
- 1984: Joan Allen as Hellen Stott in And a Nightingale Sang
- 1985: Joanna Gleason as Pam in A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
- 1986: Patti Cohenour as Rosa Bud in The Mystery of Edwin Drood
- 1987: Annette Bening as Holly Dancer in Coastal Disturbances
- 1988: Christine Estabrook as Sheila in The Boys Next Door
- 1989: Mercedes Ruehl as Kate Sullivan in Other People's Money
- 1990: Mary-Louise Parker as Rita in Prelude to a Kiss
- 1991: Jane Adams as Deirdre McDavey in I Hate Hamlet
- 1992: Tonya Pinkins as Anita in Jelly's Last Jam
- 1993: Ann Dowd as Miss Proserpine Garnett in Candida
- 1994: Jeanne Paulen as Joleen Rowen in The Kentucky Cycle
- 1995: Calista Flockhart as Laura in The Glass Menagerie
- 1996: Lisa Gay Hamilton as Veronica in Valley Song
- 1997: Allison Janney as Liz Essendine in Present Laughter
- 1998: Juliana Soelistyo as Golden Child in Golden Child
- 1999: Kristin Chenoweth as Sally Brown in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
- 2000: Sherie Rene Scott as Amneris in Aida
- 2001: Spencer Kayden as Little Sally in Urinetown
- 2002: Anne Hathaway as Lili in Carnival!
- 2003: Kerry Butler as Penny Pingleton in Hairspray
- 2004: Anika Noni Rose as Emmie Thibodeaux in Caroline, or Change
- 2005: Ari Graynor as Alison in Brooklyn Boy
- 2006: Felicia P. Fields as Sofia in The Color Purple
- 2007: Leslie Kritzer as Serena in Legally Blonde: The Musical
- 2008: Zoe Kazan as Marie in Come Back, Little Sheba , Stella in Things We Want and as Abby in 100 Saints You Should Know
- 2009: Quincy Tyler Bernstine as Salima in Ruined
- 2010: Nina Arianda as Vanda in Venus in Fur
- 2011: Tracee Chimo as Regan in Bachelorette
- 2012: Susan Pourfar as Sylvia in Tribes
- 2013: Annaleigh Ashford in Kinky Boots
- 2014: Whitney Bashor as Marian and Chiara in The Bridges of Madison County
- 2015: Phillipa Soo as Eliza Hamilton in Hamilton
- 2016: Alana Arenas as Cookie in Head of Passes
UK winner
Most promising actor in West End
- 1948: Colin Gordon as Rupert Billings in The Happiest Days of your Lives
- 1949: Robin Bailey as Falkland in The Rivals
- 1950: Denholm Elliott as Edgar in Venus Observed
- 1951: Hugh Griffith as The Father in Point of Departure
- 1952: Paul Rogers as Williams Villon in The Other Heart
- 1953: Ernest Clark as Dr. Skillingworth in Escapade
- 1954: Richard Wordsworth as Antonio Preserved in Venice
- 1955: Noel Willman as an interrogator in The Prisoner
- 1956: Timothy Bateson as Lucky in Waiting for Godot
- 1957: Derek Godfrey as Iachimo in Cymbeline
- 1958: Paul Daneman as Henry VI. in Henry VI
- 1959: Alan Bates as Edmund Tyrone in Long Day's Journey into Night
- 1960: Alec McCowen as Touchstone in As you like it
- 1961: Peter Woodthorpe as Aston in The caretaker
- 1962: John Moffatt as Cardinal Cajetan in Luther
- 1963: Frank Finlay as Corporal Hill in Chips with Everything
- 1964: Charles Gray as Maxim in Poor Bitos
- 1965: Ian McKellen as Godfrey in A Scent of Flowers
- 1966: Edward Hardwicke as Camille Chandebico in A Flea in Her Ear
- 1967: Paul Eddington as Capt. M. Doleful in Jorrocks
- 1968: Timothy West as Otto in The Italian Girl
- 1969: Gordon Jackson as Horatio in Hamlet
- 1970: Robert Eddison as Lightborn in Edward II
- 1971: Michael Bates as Charles Bisley in Forget-me-not Lane
- 1972: Richard O'Callaghan as Joey in Butley
- 1973: Alan McNaughtan as Philinte in Misanthrope
- 1974: John Tordoff as The Man in Misalliance
- 1975: Mike Gwilym as death in King John
- 1976: Peter Blythe as Peter Frame in The Chairman
- 1977: Nigel Hawthorne as The Major in Privates on Parade
- 1978: Jeremy Irons as a stranger in Rear Column
- 1979: Michael Bryant as Sir Paul Plyant in Double Dealer
- 1980: Richard Griffiths as Lariosik in White Guard
- 1981: David Threlfall as Smike in Nicholas Nickleby
- 1982: Harold Innocent as Cayley Drummle in The Second Mrs. Tanquerary
- 1983: Michael Aldridge as Selsdon Mowbray in Noises Off
- 1984: Bill Fraser as Pischik in The Cherry Orchard
- 1985: David Rydall as Sicinius Velutus in Corialanus
- 1986: Charles Kay as Lord Charles Canteloupe in Waste
- 1987: Frank Grimes as Ned in Holiday
- 1988: Clive Francis as The Detective in A Small Family Business
- 1989: Niall Buggy as Casimir in Aristocrats .
- 1990: Desmond Barritt as Trinculo in The Tempest
- 1991: Terence Rigby as Dr. Relling in The Wild Duck
- 1992: Lennie James as Mikey Jones in The Coup
- 1993: David Bradley as Shallow in Henry IV Part II and Polonius in Hamlet
- 1994: Nicholas Le Prevost as Pontagnac in An Absolute Turkey
- 1995: Philip Locke as Lyndkvist in Easter - RSC
- 1996: Tony Haygarth as Simms (The Bookmaker) in Simpatico
- 1997: Stephen Boxer as Barnabas Goche in The Herbal Bed
- 1998: Alan Dobie as The Fool in King Lear
- 1999: David Yelland as Buckingham in Richard III
- 2000: Roger Allam as Ulysses in Troilus & Cressida
- 2001: Malcolm Sinclair as Gavin Ryng-Mayne in House & Garden
- 2002: Ian McDiarmid as Teddy in Faith Healer
- 2003: Bette Bourne as Pauncefont in The Vortex
- 2004: Simon Trinder as Biondello in The Taming of The Shrew
- 2005: Adrian Scarborough as Ivan Ivanovitch in The Mandate
- 2006: John Wood as Swallow in Henry IV Part II
- 2007: Geoffrey Hutchings as Mr. Schultz Cabaret
- 2008: Philip Davis as Vassilly in Philistines
- 2009: Clifford Rose as The Judge in The Chalk Garden
- 2010: Stanley Townsend as Theseus in Phèdre
- 2011: William Gaunt as Worcester and Shallow in Henry IV Part I and in Henry IV Part II
- 2012: Danny Webb as Harry Kahn in Chicken Soup with Barley
- 2013: Paul Chahidi as Maria in Twelfth Night
Most Promising Actress in West End
- 1948: Jessica Spencer as Barbara Martin in Royal Circle
- 1949: Gwen Cherrell as Cherry in The Beau Stratagem
- 1950: Daphne Arthur as Margaret in The Holly & The Ivy
- 1951: Frances Rowe as Alex Cornwall in Who Goes There
- 1952: Valerie Hanson as a puppet at Nightmare Abbey
- 1953: Brenda de Banzie as Freda Jefferies in Murder Mistaken
- 1954: Patricia Jessel as Rexano in Witness for the Prosecution
- 1955: Beryl Measor as The Housekeeper in Separate Tables
- 1956: Margaret Vines as Gibbs in Morning at Seven
- 1957: Megs Jenkins as Beatrice in A View from the Bridge
- 1958: Lally Bowers as Madame Montrachet in Dinner with the family
- 1959: Avice Landone as Mrs. Sylvia Bennett in Not in the book
- 1960: Pauline Jameson as Mrs. Perst in The Aspern Papers
- 1961: Rachel Roberts as Anna Petrovna in Platanov
- 1962: Judi Dench as Anya in The Cherry Orchard
- 1963: Jessie Evans as Miriam Morton in The Keep
- 1964: Eileen Atkins as Juliet, the Maid in Exit the King
- 1965: Jeanne Hepple as Mary Warren in The Crucible
- 1966: Gemma Jones as Adele in The Cavern
- 1967: Vickery Turner as Sandy in Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
- 1968: Anne Dyson as Mrs. Gascoyne in The Daughter-in-law
- 1969: Elizabeth Spriggs as Claire in A Delicate Balance
- 1970: Denise Coffrey as Aurora Botterill in The Bandwagon
- 1971: Rosemary McHale as Joanne in Slag
- 1972: Heather Canning as Christine in Miss Julie
- 1973: Bridet Turner as Anna in Time & Time Again
- 1974: Anna Carteret as Virginia in Saturday, Sunday, Monday
- 1975: Dorothy Reynolds as Comtesse de la Briere in What every woman knows
- 1976: Lynn Farleigh as Charlotte in A room with a view
- 1977: Sheila Gish as four parts in Confusions
- 1978: Suzanne Bertish as Octavia in Prospect Theater Prod. Of All for Love
- 1979: Maxine Audley as Olive in Here Comes Trouble
- 1980: Felicity Kendal as in Amadeus
- 1981: Sinéad Cusack as Celia in As you like it
- 1982: Barbara Leigh-Hunt as Gertrude in Hamlet
- 1983: Sylvia Coleridge as Em in Clay .
- 1984: Nicholas McAuliffe as Queen Victoria in Poppy
- 1985: Zoë Wanamaker as Kattrin in Mother Courage
- 1986: Imelda Staunton as Bessie Watley in The Corn Is Green
- 1987: Patricia Hayes as Maria Josepha in House of Bernarda Alba
- 1988: Barbara Jefford as Falathiel Trennanigan in Ting Tang Mine
- 1989: Sarah Woodward as Sophie in Artist Descending a Staircase
- 1990: Linda Kerr-Scott as Djigan in Ghetto
- 1991: Lesley Manville as Natasha in Three Sisters
- 1992: Celia Imrie as Jessica Tilehouse in The Sea
- 1993: Helen Burns as Karen Frick in The last Yankee
- 1994: Sara Kestelman as Fraulein Schneider in Cabaret
- 1995: Susan Engle as Mrs Heidelberg in The Clandestine Marriage
- 1996: Sophie Thompson as Amy in Company
- 1997: Aisling O "Sullivan as The Wild Young Woman in The Cripple of Innishmann
- 1998: Miriam Karlin as Zofia in Tongue of a Bird
- 1999: Faith Brook as Mother in Good .
- 2000: Kika Markham as Hilda Latymer in Song At Twilight
- 2001: Linda Bassett as Harper in Far Away
- 2002: Marcia Warren as Mercy Lott in Humble Boy
- 2003: Amanda Drew as Gertrude in Eastward Ho!
- 2004: Dilys Laye as Madame de Rosemond in Les Liaisons Dangereuses
- 2005: Jaye Griffiths as Emilia in Othello
- 2006: Amanda Harris as Celia in As You Like It
- 2007: Sheila Hancock as Fraulein Schneider in Cabaret
- 2008: Pam Ferris as Phoebe in The Entertainer
- 2009: Phoebe Nicholls as Frances Trebell in Waste and Helen Seville in The Vortex
- 2010: Josefina Gabrielle as Ursula in Sweet Charity
- 2011: Sheridan Smith as Doris in Flare Path
- 2012: Vinette Robinson as Ophelia in Hamlet
- 2013: Fenella Woolgar as Thea Elvsted in Hedda Gabler
Web links
- Award winners at the Actors' Equity Association website
- Clarence Derwent Award winners 1948–2008, United Kingdom
Individual evidence
- ^ Young Actors Rush In , actorsequity.org, accessed May 13, 2009
- ↑ Andriw Gans ( Memento of the original from May 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , playbill.com, accessed May 12, 2009
- ^ Margaret Hilton to Morgan Freeman win Derwents , in: Ney York Times (May 31, 1978)