London
(ANI):
Rachel
Weisz
has
won
the
Best
Actress
gong
at
Laurence
Olivier
Awards
for
her
role
in
A
Streetcar
Named
Desire.
The
beauty
was
awarded
for
her
portrayal
of
fading
beauty
Blanche
DuBois,
in
the
play
by
Tennessee
Williams.
She
was
pitted
against
the
likes
of
Gillian
Anderson,
Imelda
Staunton
and
Juliet
Stevenson
for
the
title.
Also,
Weisz's
co-star
Ruth
Wilson
won
Best
Actress
in
a
Supporting
Role
for
her
outstanding
performance
as
Stella
in
the
play
by
Tennessee
Williams.
Meanwhile,
Mark
Rylance
took
home
the
best
actor
for
his
role
in
'Jerusalem'.
American
playwright
Katori
Hall
bagged
the
Best
New
Play
award
for
her
play
'The
Mountaintop'.
It
tells
the
story
of
Martin
Luther
King
the
night
before
his
assassination.
She
is
the
first
black
female
playwright
to
win
the
award.
"The
Olivier
Awards
reflect
a
year
of
outstanding
creativity
and
production
excellence
which
brought
the
public
rushing
to
the
theatre
taking
box
office
and
attendance
records
to
an
all-time
high," the
Telegraph
quoted
Nica
Burns,
President
of
the
Society
of
London
Theatre,
as
saying.
She
added:
"The
London
theatre
is
a
shining
light
in
the
continuing
recessionary
gloom
-
something
we
can
all
be
proud
of."
Winners
for
the
2010
Laurence
Oliver
Awards:
Best
Actress-
Rachel
Weisz
for
A
Streetcar
Named
Desire
at
the
Donmar
Best
Actor-
Mark
Rylance
for
Jerusalem
at
the
Jerwood
Theatre
Downstairs
at
the
Royal
Court
Best
Actress
In
A
Supporting
Role-
Ruth
Wilson
for
A
Streetcar
Named
Desire
at
the
Donmar
Best
Actor
In
A
Supporting
Role-
Eddie
Redmayne
for
Red
at
the
Donmar
Best
New
Play-
The
Mountaintop
by
Katori
Hall
at
Trafalgar
Studios
1
Best
New
Comedy-
The
Priory
by
Michael
Wynne
at
the
Jerwood
Theatre
Downstairs
at
the
Royal
Court
Best
Musical
Revival-
Hello
Dolly!
book
by
Michael
Stewart,
music
and
lyrics
by
Jerry
Herman,
based
on
the
play
''The
Matchmaker'' by
Thornton
Wilder
at
the
Open
Air
Best
New
Musical
-
Spring
Awakening
music
by
Duncan
Sheik,
book
and
lyrics
by
Steven
Sater,
based
on
the
play
by
Frank
Wedekind
at
the
Novello
Best
Entertainment-
Morecambe
by
Tim
Whitnall
at
the
Duchess
Best
Actress
In
A
Musical
Or
Entertainment-
Samantha
Spiro
for
Hello
Dolly!
at
the
Open
Air
Best
Actor
In
A
Musical
Or
Entertainment-
Aneurin
Barnard
for
Spring
Awakening
at
the
Novello
Best
Supporting
Performance
In
A
Musical
Or
Entertainment-
Iwan
Rheon
for
Spring
Awakening
at
the
Novello
Best
Director-
Rupert
Goold
for
Enron
at
the
Jerwood
Theatre
Downstairs
at
the
Royal
Court
and
now
at
the
Noël
Coward
Best
Revival-
Cat
On
A
Hot
Tin
Roof
directed
by
Debbie
Allen
at
the
Novello.