Patrick O'Kane for the Abbey production of As the Beast Sleeps by Gary Mitchell at the Peacock
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John Hewitt for the Lyric production of Shadowlands by William Nicholson
Pat Kinevane for the Corn Exchange production at the Project of Baby Jane based on Henry Farrell's novel and for the Abbey production of The Colleen Bawn by Dion Boucicault
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Andrew Scott for the Gate production of Long Day's Journey into Night by Eugene O'Neill