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divdiv class=story-body readability=33 span class=story-date#13; span class=date17 November 2013/span#13;span class=time-textLast updated at /spanspan class=time19:15 ET/span#13; #13;/span#13;#13; #13;#13;#13; #13; #13; #13; #13; p class=introduction id=story_continues_1Dame Helen Mirren has won another award for her portrayal of the Queen./p#13; pDame Helen, who won an Oscar for The Queen in 2007, was named best actress for her performance as the monarch in West End stage play The Audience at the London Evening Standard Theatre Awards./p#13; pThe best actor prize was given jointly to Adrian Lester and Rory Kinnear, for their performances as Shakespeare's Othello and Iago at the National./p#13; pDame Maggie Smith and Lord Lloyd-Webber received special awards./p#13; pThe former was presented the Evening Standard Theatre Icon award by actress Kristin Scott Thomas, while the latter was recognised for his contribution to musical theatre./p#13; pDame Helen said she felt her awards were being given to the Queen as much as to her./p#13; pI did feel very much that the response to the play was as much a response to that person, that extraordinary woman, as it was to my performance. But I should be very proud, she said before receiving her award./p#13; pOther honours were presented to actor Kevin Spacey for his work at London's Old Vic theatre, and to David Walliams for his performance as Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream./p#13; pThe best musical category, meanwhile, saw a revival of Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along win against box office smash The Book of Mormon and the National's production of The Light Princess./p#13; pThe latter show did not go home empty-handed, though, with its star Rosalie Craig receiving the award for best musical performance at Sunday's ceremony./p#13; #13; pSir Richard Eyre was named best director for his staging of Ibsen's Ghosts at the Almeida, whose hit production of Chimerica saw its author Lucy Kirkwood win the prize for best play./p#13; pKinnear and Lester spoke about the challenges of interpreting Othello for new audiences./p#13; pThe former said: It was important that we got on with each other because we're spending an awfully long time ruining each other's lives./p#13; pLester added: It breathed fresh life into a play that people may have found dated./p#13; #13; pHomeland star Damian Lewis hosted the awards at London's Savoy Hotel, attended by such luminaries as broadcaster Sir David Attenborough, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, London Mayor Boris Johnson, actor Hugh Grant and singer Tori Amos./p#13; pEvening Standard editor Sarah Sands said she and her fellow judges had been dazzled by the talent on show this year and had found making their decisions tougher than ever./p#13; /div/divbrbrcentera href=http://www.wizardrss.comPowered By WizardRSS.com/a | a href=http://www.wizardrss.comFull Text RSS Feed/a | a href=http://www.amazon.com/RFID-Blocking-Cards-Identity-Protector/dp/B00CJHZLEWRFID/a | a href=http://www.wpzonbuilder.comAmazon Affiliate/a/center