Author - Yasmina Reza for "Art" 1996 Jury presided by. Awards hosted by. Best Actor - Didier Sandre in Un mari idéal (An Ideal Husband) Best Supporting Actor - Jean-Paul Roussillon in Colombe (Mademoiselle Colombe) Best Actress - Christiane Cohendy in Décadence Best Supporting Actress - Sonia Vollereaux in Lapin, lapin Best Newcomer - Nathalie Cerda in Piaf, je t'aime Best Show in an Independent theatre - Monsieur Schpill et Monsieur Tippeton by La Compagnie Eroc Best Show in a National theatre - Un mari idéal (An Ideal Husband) at the Théâtre Antoine Best Musical - Chimère by Théâtre Zingaro Best Adaptation of a Foreign Play - Jean-Michel Déprats for L'Importance d'être Constant (The Importance of Being Earnest) Best Playwright - Gilles Segal for Monsieur Schpill et Monsieur Tippeton Best Director - Patrice Chéreau for Dans la solitude des champs de coton Best Costumes - Christian Lacroix for Phèdre Best Stage Design/Set - Jacques Noël for Noël chez les Cupiello 1997 Jury presided by. Awards hosted by. Best Actor - Pierre Cassignard in Les Jumeaux vénitiens (The Two Venetian Twins) Best Supporting Actor - Robert Hirsch in En attendant Godot (Waiting for Godot) Best Actress - Myriam Boyer in Qui a peur de Virginia Woolf? (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) Best Supporting Actress - Dominique Blanchar in Tout comme il faut Best Newcomer - Sandrine Kiberlain in Le Roman de Lulu Best Show : New Play - Kinkali at the Théâtre national de la Colline Best Show : Classical Play - Les Jumeaux vénitiens (The Two Venetian Twins) at the Théâtre de la Criée Best Musical - Le Passe-muraille at the Théâtre Montansier and at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens Best Adaptation of a Foreign Play - Jean Piat for L'Affrontement Best Playwright - Arnaud Bédouet for Kinkali Best Director - Alain Sachs for Le Passe-muraille Best Costumes - Dominique Borg for Le Libertin (The Libertine) Best Stage Design/Set - Guy-Claude François for Le Passe-muraille (The Man Who Walked Through Walls) Best Comedy - Accalmies passagères (Communicating Doors) by Alan Ayckbourn 1998 Jury presided by Dario Fo. Awards hosted by. Best Actor - Michel Bouquet in Les Côtelettes Best Supporting Actor - Maurice Barrier in Douze hommes en colère (Twelve Angry Men) Best Male Newcomer - Nicolas Vaude in Château en Suède (Château in Sweden) and Michel Vuillermoz in André le Magnifique Best Actress - Dominique Blanc in Une maison de