St. Clair Bayfield Award
Columns: Year | Recipient | Role | Play | Production
1973 | Barnard Hughes | Dogberry | Much Ado About Nothing | New York Shakespeare Festival | 1974 | Randy Kim | Trinculo | The Tempest | New York Shakespeare Festival | 1975 | John Glover | Clown | The Winter's Tale | New York Shakespeare Festival | 1976 | Carolyne McWilliams | Mariana | Measure For Measure | New York Shakespeare Festival | 1977 | No Award | – | – | – | 1978 | Carmen DeLavalape | Emelia | Othello | New York Shakespeare Festival | 1979 | Robert Christian | Aufidius | Coriolanus | New York Shakespeare Festival | 1980 | No award | – | – | – | 1981 | Ralph Drischell | Earl of Worcester | Henry IV | New York Shakespeare Festival | 1982 | Tom Spackman | Edmund | King Lear | New York Shakespeare Festival | 1983 | Concetta Tomei | Queen Elizabeth | Richard III | New York Shakespeare Festival | 1984 | Anthony Heald | Fluellen | Henry V | New York Shakespeare Festival | 1985 | No award | – | – | – | 1986 | Nathan Lane | Pompey | Measure for Measure | New York Shakespeare Festival | 1987 | No Award | – | – | – | 1988 | Bradley Whitford | Paris | Romeo And Juliet | New York Shakespeare Festival | 1989 | Keith David | Aufidius | Coriolanus | New York Shakespeare Festival | 1990 | Dana Ivey | Gertrude | Hamlet | New York Shakespeare Festival | 1991 | Byron Jennings | Pericles | Pericles, Prince of Tyre | New York Shakespeare Festival | 1992 | Elizabeth McGovern | Rosalind | As You Like It | New York Shakespeare Festival | 1993 | Michael Cumpsty | Alcibiades | Timon of Athens | National Theatre | 1994 | Malcolm Gets | Proteus | The Two Gentlemen of Verona | New York Shakespeare Festival | 1995 | Stephen Spinella | Pandarus | Troilus and Cressida | New York Shakespeare Festival | 1996 | Nicholas Kepros | Escalus | Measure For Measure | Theatre For A New Audience | 1997 | Jayne Atkinson | Katherine | Henry VIII | New York Shakespeare Festival | 1998 | Brian Murray | Toby Belch | Twelfth Night | Lincoln Center | 1999 | Max Wright | Christopher Sly | The Taming of the Shrew | New York Shakespeare Festival | 2000 | Rachel Botchan | Lady Ann | Richard III | Pearl Theatre Company | 2001 | Andrew Weems | Thersites | Troilus and Cressida | Theatre For A New Audience | 2002 | Ray Virta | Benedick | Much Ado About Nothing | Pearl Theatre | 2003 | Dakin Matthews | Glendower / Warwick | Henry IV, Parts 1 , 2 | Vivian Beaumont Theater | 2004 | Carman Lacivita | multiple characters | Rose Rage: Henry VI, 1 , 2 , 3 | Chicago Shakespeare Theater | 2005 | Colm Feore | Cassius | Julius Caesar | Belasco Theatre | 2006 | George Morfogen | Duke of York | Richard II | Classic Stage Company | 2007 | Jay O. Sanders | Bottom | A Midsummer Night's Dream | The Public Theater