1st thru 9th Elliot Norton Awards: 1983-1991

The 9th Elliot Norton Awards
Presented by Boston Theater Critics Association, 1991.

Guest of Honor: Helen Hayes, actor
Norton Prize: Julie Harris, actor

Outstanding Actor
Jonathan Epstein, Rat in the Skull

Outstanding Actress
Christine Estabrook (American Repertory Theatre)

Special Honors
Brian Bedford
Gerard Alessandrini
Joe Spaulding
Geraldine Guardino
Phyllis Curtin
James Spruill
Marie-Christine Mouis

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The 8th Elliot Norton Awards
Presented by Boston Theater District Association, 1990.

Norton Prize: Robert Morse, actor (Tru)

Outstanding Actress
Dossy Peabody, Widow's Blind Date (Gloucester Stage Company)

Outstanding Actor
Jeremiah Kissel

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The 7th Elliot Norton Awards
Presented by Friends of Boston Theatre, 1989.

Norton Prize: Jacques Cartier, director (Don Juan, Huntington Theatre Company)

Citations:
Allen Koenig (President, Emerson College)
Robert Merowitz (Wilbur Theatre owner)

Commendations:
Michael Goodson (actor, posthumously)
Ruth Maleczech (actress)
Tina Packer (director, Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching to the Somme)

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The 6th Elliot Norton Awards
Presented by League of Boston Theatres & Producers, 1988.
Norton Prize: Sir Ian McKellen, actor (Acting Shakespeare, Charles Playhouse)

The 5th Elliot Norton Awards
Presented by League of Boston Theatres & Producers, 1987.
Norton Prize: Sandra Shipley, actor

The 4th Elliot Norton Awards
Presented by League of Boston Theatres & Producers, 1986.
Norton Prize: Israel Horovitz, playwright, Artistic Director, Gloucester Stage Company

The 3rd Elliot Norton Awards
Presented by League of Boston Theatres & Producers, 1985.
Norton Prize: Peter Sellars, director, Boston Shakespeare Company

The 2nd Elliot Norton Awards
Presented by Boston Theatre District Association, 1984.
Norton Prize: Robert Brustein, Founding Artistic Director, American Repertory Theatre