Winners of the Pearson Award for Best New Play, awarded annually since 1982.
- 1982 Borderline by Hanif Kureshi (Royal Court Theatre)
- 1983 True Dare Kiss by Debbie Horsfield (Liverpool Playhouse)
- 1984 No award given
- 1985 Particular Friendships by Martin Allen (Hampstead Theatre)
- 1986 The Boys from Hibernia by Mark Power (Belgrave Theatre, Coventry)
- 1987 Dreams of San Francisco by Jacqueline Holborough (Bush Theatre)
- 1988 No award given
- 1989 Poor Beast in the Rain by Billy Roche (Bush Theatre)
- 1990 The Pool of Bethesda by Allan Cubitt (Guildhall School)
- 1991 Talking in Tongues by Winsome Pinnock (Royal Court Theatre) & Dead Sheep by Catherine Johnson (Bush Theatre)
- 1992 Worlds Apart by Paul Sirrett (Theatre Royal, Stratford)
- 1993 No award given
Scheme taken over from Thames by Pearson.
- 1994 Uganda by Judith Johnson (Royal National Theatre)
- 1995 Pale Horse by Joe Penhall (Royal National Theatre)
- 1996 The Cripple of Inishmaan by Martin McDonagh (Royal National Theatre)
- 1997 Nabokov's Gloves by Peter Moffat (Warehouse Theatre)
- 1998 Martha, Josie & the Chinese Elvis by Charlotte Jones (Octagon Theatre, Bolton)
- 1999 Trust by Gary Mitchell (Royal National Theatre)
- 2000 Normal by Helen Blakeman (Bush Theatre)
- 2001 Port by Simon Stephens (Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester)
- 2002 Drowned World by Gary Owen (Paines Plough) & Honeymoon Suite by Richard Bean (Royal National Theatre)
- 2003 The Straits by Gregory Burke (Royal National Theatre)
- 2004 All the Ordinary Angels by Nick Leather (Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester)
- 2005 Breathing Corpses by Laura Wade (Finborough Theatre). Play produced at the Royal Court Theatre.
- 2006 Whipping It Up by Steve Thompson (Bush Theatre)
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