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Article: National Theater shows sweep 2004 Olivier Awards.
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- Manila Bulletin
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- February 25, 2004
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Byline: MATT WOLF
LONDON (AP) Britains National Theater swept the 2004 Olivier Awards, Londons equivalent of Broadways Tonys, winning the top prizes for best new musical (Jerry Springer The Opera), best new play (The Pillowman, by Martin McDonagh) and best revival (Mourning Becomes Electra, by Eugene ONeill, in a four-and-a-half hour production directed by Howard Davies).
Jerry Springer, a scabrous British musical take on the American TV phenomenon, won four prizes in all, including best musical and best actor for the American performer David Bedella, who plays Satan in the take-no-prisoners satirical show, which arrives on Broadway in spring ...