jez butterworth's play, the ferryman, which is set in rural northern ireland during the troubles, wonfor sam mendez, and best actress. laura donnelly for the ferryman. immediate reaction? um, i'm in shock. i did not expect that. a story about 1981 northern ireland is not going to necessarily touch everybody‘s soul. but stories about love and loss will. best actor went to bryan cranston for his performance as a news anchorman having a nervous breakdown in network at the national theatre. oh, it's very difficult to be mad as hell when you are holding an 0livier. tonight i would like to dedicate this award to the company of network actors and crew who i'm giving a huge hug to tonight, and mabe sometime tomorrow, we'll let go. cranston and hamilton weren't the only american winners. roughly half the awards, if you look at them, are work of american origin. that's very nice in some ways, but we always say about the brits conquering broadway, we don't talk about the americans conquering out theatre and i think that's starting to happen. not if james graham is anything to do with it. the pro

jez butterworth‘s play, the ferryman, which is set in rural northern ireland during the troubles, wonthe ferryman. immediate reaction? um, i'm in shock. i did not expect that. a story about 1981 northern ireland is not going to necessarily touch everybody‘s soul. but stories about love and loss will. best actor went to bryan cranston for his performance as a news anchorman having a nervous breakdown in network at the national theatre. oh, it's very difficult to be mad as hell when you're holding an olivier. tonight, i would like to dedicate this award to the company of network actors and crew who i'm giving a huge hug to tonight, and maybe sometime tomorrow, we'll let go. cranston and hamilton weren't the only american winners. roughly half the awards, if you look at them, are work of american origin. that's very nice in some ways, but we always say about the brits conquering broadway, we don't talk about the americans colonising out theatre and i think that's starting to happen. not if james graham is anything to do with it. the prolific british playwright is enjoying a purple patch,

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the ferryman picked up three awards including best new play, best director and best actress. test bbc news — more at 9.30. sport now and mike bushell has the latest from the commonwealth games. yes, thank you. as dusk falls on the gold coast, australia, i can tell you that nile wilson has just won his third gold medal of the commonwealth games. the english gymnast has just claimed victory in the horizontal bar final. wilson had already won two golds and two silvers including one silver earlier today in the parallel bars. gold also this morning for alice kinsella on the beam, adding to the all—around bronze she won earlier in the games. she was joined on the podium by compartriot kelly simm, who won bronze. england's adam gemili has withdrawn from the 100m final after struggling with a thigh injury. the 24—year—old won silver in glasgow and qualified for the final afterfinishing behind yohan blake in the semi—final on sunday. away from the games — and the american patrick reed has won the masters in augusta — his first major title. he finished 15 under par, beating fellow ameri

don't change the subject. just pointing it out. jez butterworth‘s the ferryman, a story set in rural new play, best director for sam mendes, who's previously worked with butterworth on the bond film spectre, and best actress for laura donnelly. jez talked to me about it the whole way through the writing so by the time i actually had the full script, i felt like i was already in the body of the work so completely so that it kind of felt like a very natural thing. it kind of made it the easiest job i've ever done. james graham, the prolific young british playwright who's currently enjoying a purple patch in the west end, won the best new comedy olivier for his party political send—up labour of love. expect to see a lot more of him and his work in the future. will gompertz, bbc news. prince harry and meghan markle have asked anyone wanting to send them a wedding gift to donate to charity instead. the couple have personally selected seven organisations which represent a range of issues that they are passionate about, including sport for social change, women's empowerment, conservation, t

"the ferryman," a play set in rural northern ireland during the troubles also did well winning threei suspect it is like facebook, i am one of the three people in the world who has not seen this musical. maybe ijust do not get out on a foray do not have enough friends. i do like hamilton. you'll have to ask for an massive pay raise. i do like hamilton is in bundles of ten in my pocket! do you get that? that was terrible. it was. president obama did say... christian fraser! he has got lots of hamiltons in his pocket, he isa got lots of hamiltons in his pocket, he is a very rich man, in fact, he has on his yacht now. i think he is swanning around the mediterranean smoking a cigar and drinking champagne. christian fraser said last week that i should be fired from this programme. he has not been fired, he is off on some very big holiday. i have been lucky to meet lin—manuel miranda and i have seen hamilton and it is fantastic. he is one of those people who are super creative, super successful and then they turn out to be really nice as well. so frustrating, isn't it? so annoying! let us

jez butterworth‘s the ferryman, a story set in rural northern ireland during the troubles, shows thereham, the prolific young british playwright who‘s currently enjoying a purple patch in the west end, won the best new comedy olivier for his party political send—up labour of love. expect to see a lot more of him and his work in the future. will gompertz, bbc news. ina in a moment the news at one but first the weather. pretty gloomy at that some of us, particularly in the south. it has been like that since yesterday, not very pleasant at all. the rest of today, than any of us it isa the rest of today, than any of us it is a case of rain at times, a bit of sunshine around, the best of the weather by far is across northern england, scotland and northern ireland today. and it will stay like that. all the rain bearing cloud has drifted out of france, moved across the channel, this is where the rebel front is during the middle of the afternoon, across the south, the further north you are the better the weather will be. the air over us right now is slightly cooler, you can see the blue, the r