Evening Standard Theatre Award - Best Comedy

year	writer	for
1971	Alan Bennett	Getting On
1973	Alan Ayckbourn	Absurd Person Singular
1974	Tom Stoppard	Travesties
1975	Michael Frayn	Alphabetical Order
1977	Peter Nichols	Privates on Parade
1980	Michael Frayn	Make or Break
1982	Michael Frayn	Noises Off
1985	Alan Ayckbourn	A Chorus of Disapproval
1988	Peter Shaffer	Lettice and Lovage
1989	Alan Ayckbourn	Henceforward ...
1990	Alan Ayckbourn	Man of the Moment
1995	Patrick Marber	Dealer's Choice
1997	Patrick Marber	Closer