Meyer-Whitworth Award [SEP] inception
Meyer-Whitworth Award
The Meyer-Whitworth Award was a literary prize established in 1991 and awarded from 1992 until 2011 to new British playwrights to help them further their careers. The £10,000 prize, one of the largest annual prizes for play writing in the UK, was funded by the National Theatre Foundation and named in honour of Geoffrey Whitworth and Carl Meyer, both of whom were instrumental in the establishment of the Royal National Theatre. From its inception until 2006, the award was administered by Arts Council England. After
Blackburn Award to Jane Coles for "Backstroke In A Crowded Pool"1993 – John Whiting Award for "The Clearing" by Helen Edmundson1994 – John Whiting Award for "Beautiful Thing" by Jonathan Harvey1995 – Laurence Olivier Award Nomination for "Beautiful Thing" by Jonathan Harvey1996 – Susan Smith Blackburn Award to Naomi Wallace for "One Flea Spare"1997 – Meyer-Whitworth Award to Conor McPherson for "This Lime Tree Bower"1998 – George Devine Award to Helen Blakeman for "Caravan"1998 – Meyer-Whitworth Award to Daragh Carville for "Language Roulette"1999 – George