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The St. Clair Bayfield Award

Equity's Bayfield Award, for Distinguished Shakespearean Performance, Presented to Colm Feore

Colm Feore

Colm Feore, Cassius in the Broadway production of JULIUS CAESAR, starring Denzel Washington, has been selected to receive the annual St. Clair Bayfield Award honoring the best performance by an Actor in a Shakespearean play in the New York metropolitan area.

The award, which was established in memory of Equity member St. Clair Bayfield, includes a $1,000 check and an engraved plaque, and is administered by the Actors' Equity Foundation. It will be presented at Equity's Eastern Regional Board meeting at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, March 14, 2006 at the Equity offices, 165 West 46th Street in New York City.

The Judges Panel for the award includes Betty Corwin, Director of Special Projects, Theatre on Film & Tape Archive of the Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts; Michael Kuchwara, Associated Press; David Rosenberg, Back Stage, and Douglas Watt, The Daily News.

Award pages:

Bayfield
Callaway
Derwent
Jordan
LeNoire
Robeson
Seff
Arizona Theatre Service
Sturtevant

Established in 1973 in memory of Equity member St. Clair Bayfield, the Award honors the best performance by an actor in a Shakespearean play in the New York metropolitan area.

Recipients of the St. Clair Bayfield Award are:

Year	Recipient	Role	Play	Production
1973	Barnard Hughes	Dogberry	MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING	New York Shakespeare Festival
1974	Randy Kim	Trinculo	THE TEMPEST	New York Shakespeare Festival
1975	John Glover	Clown	THE WINTER'S TALE	New York Shakespeare Festival
1976	Carolyne McWilliams	Mariana	MEASURE FOR MEASURE	New York Shakespeare Festival
1977	No Award
1978	Carmen DeLavalape	Emelia	OTHELLO	New York Shakespeare Festival
1979	Robert Christian	Aufidius	CORIOLANUS	New York Shakespeare Festival
1980	No award
1981	Ralph Drischell	Earl of Worchester	HENRY IV	New York Shakespeare Festival
1982	Tom Spackman	Edmund	KING LEAR	New York Shakespeare Festival
1983	Concetta Tomei	Queen Elizabeth	RICHARD III	New York Shakespeare Festival
1984	Anthony Heald	Fluellen	HENRY V	New York Shakespeare Festival
1985	No award
1986	Nathan Lane	Pompey	MEASURE FOR MEASURE	New York Shakespeare Festival
1987	No Award
1988	Bradley Witford	Paris	ROMEO AND JULIET	New York Shakespeare Festival
1989	Keith David	Aufidius	CORLIOLANUS	New York Shakespeare Festival
1990	Dana Ivey	Gertrude	HAMLET	New York Shakespeare Festival
1991	Bryon Jennings	Pericles	PERICLES	New York Shakespeare Festival
1992	Elizabeth McGovern	Rosalind	AS YOU LIKE IT	New York Shakespeare Festival
1993	Michael Cumpsty	Alcibiades	TIMON OF ATHENS	National Theatre
1994	Malcom Gets	Proteus	TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA	New York Shakespeare Festival
1995	Stephen Spinella	Pandarus	TROILUS & CRESSIDA	New York Shakespeare Festival
1996	Nicholas Kepros	Escalus	MEASURE FOR MEASURE	Theatre for a New Audience
1997	Jayne Atkinson	Katherine	HENRY VIII	New York Shakespeare Festival
1998	Brian Murray	Toby Belch	TWELFTH NIGHT	Lincoln Center
1999	Max Wright	Christopher Sly	TAMING OF THE SHREW	New York Shakespeare Festival
2000	Rachel Botchan	Lady Ann	RICHARD III	Pearl Theatre
2001	Andrew Weems	Thersites	TROILUS & CRESSIDA	Theatre for a New Audience
2002	Ray Virta	Benedick	MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING	Pearl Theatre
2003	Dakin Matthews	Glendower / Warwick	HENRY IV	Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theatre
2004	Carman Lacivita	multiple characters	ROSE RAGE: HENRY VI, 1,2,3	Chicago Shakespeare Theater
2005	Colm Feore	Cassius	JULIUS CAESAR