Best Play or Musical:
Winner: King Lear (Royal Shakespeare Company)
Nominees:
- Troilus & Cressida (Royal Shakespeare Company)
- King Lear (Chichester Festival Theatre)
- Henry V (Oregon Shakespeare Festival))
- King Lear (Royal Shakespeare Company)
- Merchant of Venice (Delaware Shakespeare Festival)
Best Principal Actor:
Winner: Christopher Eccleston (Macbeth, Macbeth, Royal Shakespeare Company)
Nominees:
- Christopher Eccleston (Macbeth, Macbeth, Royal Shakespeare Company)
- Mark Rylance (Iago, Othello, Shakespeare's Globe Theatre)
- Ian McKellen (Lear, King Lear, Chichester Festival Theatre)
- Lynn Robert Berg (Macbeth, Macbeth, Great Lakes Theater)
- Kirk Wendell Brown (Shylock, Merchant of Venice, Delaware Shakespeare Festival)
Best Principal Actress:
Winner: Nikki M. James (Viola, Twelfth Night, Public Theater)
Nominees:
- Alejandra Escalante (Desdemona, Othello, Oregon Shakespeare Festival)
- Jessica Ko (Katherine, Henry V, Oregon Shakespeare Festival)
- Kathryn Hunter (Timon, Timon of Athens, Royal Shakespeare Company)
- Niamh Cusack (Lady Macbeth, Macbeth, Royal Shakespeare Company)
- Nikki M. James (Viola, Twelfth Night, Public Theater)
Best Supporting Actor:
Winner: Shuler Hensley (Sir Toby Belch, Twelfth Night, Public Theater)
Nominees:
- Derek Garza (Cassio, Othello, Oregon Shakespeare Festival)
- David Acton (Duncan, Macbeth, Royal Shakespeare Company)
- Jonathan Cullen (Dr. Caius, Merry Wives of Windsor, Royal Shakespeare Company)
- Shuler Hensley (Sir Toby Belch, Twelfth Night, Public Theater)
- Michael Ray Wisely (Bottom, Midsummer Night's Dream, San Francisco Shakespeare)
Best Supporting Actress:
Winner: Shaina Taub (Feste, Twelfth Night, Public Theater)
Nominees:
- Brynn Tucker (Rosaline, Love's Labour's Lost, Colorado Shakespeare Festival)
- Michaela Shuchman (Jessica, Merchant of Venice, Delaware Shakespeare Festival)
- Shaina Taub (Feste, Twelfth Night, Public Theater)
- Martina Laird (Countess of Rossillion, All's Well That Ends Well, Shakespeare's Globe Theatre)
Best Director:
Winner: Rosa Joshi (Henry V, Oregon Shakespeare Festival)
Nominees:
- Rosa Joshi (Henry V, Oregon Shakespeare Festival)
- Alexander Burns (Julius Caesar, Quintessence Theatre Group)
- David Stradley (Merchant of Venice, Delaware Shakespeare Festival)
- Gregory Doran (Troilus & Cressida, Royal Shakespeare Company)
- Caroline Byrne (All's Well That Ends Well, Shakespeare's Globe Theatre)
Best Scenic Design:
Winner: Hildegard Bechtler (Antony & Cleopatra, National Theatre)
Nominees:
- Hildegard Bechtler (Antony & Cleopatra, National Theatre)
- Daniel Conway (Richard II, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival)
- Fly Davis (Macbeth, Royal Shakespeare Company)
- Rachel Hauck (Twelfth Night, Public Theater)
Best Sound Design/Original Score:
Winner: Evelyn Glennie (Troilus & Cressida, Royal Shakespeare Company)
Nominees:
- Evelyn Glennie (Troilus & Cressida, Royal Shakespeare Company)
- Andre J. Pluess (Othello, Oregon Shakespeare Festival)
- Jess Conda (Composer), Elizabeth Atkinson (Composer), Jackie Soro (Music Director), Damien Figueras (Sound Design) (Twelfth Night, Shakespeare in Clark Park)
- Paul Arditti (Pericles, National Theatre)
Best Lighting Design:
Winner: Paule Constable (Pericles, National Theatre)
Nominees:
- Xavier Pierce (Othello, Oregon Shakespeare Festival)
- Lizzie Powell (Macbeth, Royal Shakespeare Company)
- Paule Constable (Pericles, National Theatre)
- John Torres (Twelfth Night, Public Theater)
- Colin Richmond, Ben Ormerod (All's Well That Ends Well, Shakespeare's Globe Theatre)
Best Costume/Makeup Design:
Winner: Andrea Hood (Twelfth Night, Public Theater)
Nominees:
- Sara Ryung Clement (Henry V, Oregon Shakespeare Festival)
- Andrea Hood (Twelfth Night, Public Theater)
- Anna Josephs (Two Noble Kinsmen, Shakespeare's Globe Theatre)
Best Choreography or Fight Direction:
Winner: Toby Park (Merry Wives of Windsor, Royal Shakespeare Company)
Nominees:
- Aline David, Kate Waters (Macbeth, Royal Shakespeare Company)
- U. Jonathan Toppo (Othello, Oregon Shakespeare Festival)
- U. Jonathan Toppo (Henry V, Oregon Shakespeare Festival)
- Toby Park (Merry Wives of Windsor, Royal Shakespeare Company)
- Lorin Latarro (Twelfth Night, Public Theater)
Best Script Adaptation/Dramaturgy:
Winner: Twelfth Night (Kwame Kwei-Armah and Shaina Taub, Public Theater)
Nominees:
- Julius Caesar (Alexander Burns, Quintessence Theatre Group)
- Twelfth Night (Kwame Kwei-Armah and Shaina Taub, Public Theater)
- All's Well That Ends Well (Annie Siddons, Shakespeare's Globe Theatre)
Best Film (Any medium):
Winner: King Lear (Director: Richard Eyre, BBC/Amazon Studios)
Nominees:
- Titus Andronicus (Director: Matt Woodward, Opus Arte)
- All is True (Director: Kenneth Branagh, Sony Pictures Classics)
- King Lear (Director: Richard Eyre, BBC)
- Ophelia (Director: Claire McCarthy, IFC Films)
Best Book, Publication, or Recording:
Winner: Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics (Stephen Greenblatt, W. W. Norton & Company)
Nominees:
- The Arden Introduction to Reading Shakespeare (Jeremy Lopez, Arden Shakespeare)
- Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics (Stephen Greenblatt, W. W. Norton & Company)
- Tyrant: Shakespeare on Power (Stephen Greenblatt, W. W. Norton & Company)
Lear Award for Lifetime Achievement:
John Barton
