In 1998, "Shakespeare's Villains" a one-man play, created and performed by Steven Berkoff at the theatre was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Entertainment. Later that year, Tom Stoppard's "The Invention of Love", starring John Wood, transferred from the National Theatre. In 1999, Fascinating Aïda's comic revue was followed by Neil Simon's "The Prisoner of Second Avenue", with Richard Dreyfuss and Marsha Mason; "Love Letters", by A. R. Gurney, with Charlton Heston and a transfer of the Chichester Festival's "The Importance of Being Earnest", starring Patricia Routledge.