• 1817: George James Pennington (
King's) for
2 Henry IV 3.1. • 1818:
William Sidney Walker (
Trinity) for
Henry VIII 3.2. • 1819:
Horatio Waddington (Trinity) for
Coriolanus 5.3. • 1820:
William Henry Fox Talbot (Trinity) for
Macbeth 1.7. • 1821:
William Foster Barham (Trinity) for
Othello 1.3. • 1822: William Foster Barham (Trinity) for
Julius Cæsar 4.3. • Second prize: C. Wimberly (St. John's). • 1823:
Benjamin Hall Kennedy (
St. John's) for
Henry VIII 5.4. • 1824: Benjamin Hall Kennedy (St. John's) for
Merchant of Venice 4.1. • 1825: John Hodgson (Trinity) for
King John 4.2. • 1826: Benjamin Hall Kennedy (Trinity) for
King John 3.3. • Second prize:
John Wordsworth (Trinity). • 1827: John Wordsworth (Trinity) for
As You Like It 2.2. • 1828:
Christopher Wordsworth (Trinity) for
Troilus and Cressida 3.3. • 1829:
Charles Rann Kennedy (Trinity) for
Henry VIII 4.2. • 1830: Charles Rann Kennedy (Trinity) for
Romeo and Juliet 2.2. • 1831: George John Kennedy (St. John's) for
As You Like It 2.1. • 1832:
Henry Lushington (Trinity) for
Julius Cæsar 2.2. • 1833: Henry Lushington (Trinity) for
Richard II 3.2. • 1834:
Edward Howes (Trinity) for
Richard II 3.2. • 1835: William James Kennedy (St. John's) for
3 Henry VI 2.2. • 1836:
Charles John Vaughan (Trinity) for
Richard II 2.1. • 1837: Charles John Vaughan (Trinity) for
King Lear 3.2. • 1838: Thomas Evans (St. John's) for
Henry V Act 4. • 1839:
Edward Meredith Cope (Trinity) for
3 Henry VI 2.5. • 1840: Robert Andrews (
Pembroke) for
Troilus and Cressida 1.3. • 1841: George Druce (
Peterhouse) for
The Tempest 4.1. • 1842: George Druce (Peterhouse) for
Henry V 4.1. • 1843:
William George Clark (Trinity) for ''Midsummer Night's Dream'' 4.1. • 1844:
Edward Thring (King's) for
2 Henry IV 2.4. • 1845: Thomas Markby (Trinity) for
Hamlet 1.3. • 1846: George James Gill (
Emmanuel) for
Julius Cæsar 1.2. • 1847: George James Gill (Emmanuel) for
Henry V 1.2. • 1848:
Edward Henry Perowne (
Corpus) for
Hamlet 1.2. • 1849: Francis Kewley (St. John's) for
Julius Cæsar 1.1. • 1850: William Owen (St. John's) for
Merchant of Venice 5.1. • 1851: George Bentley Morley (St. John's) for
2 Henry IV 4.4. • 1852:
Samuel Hawksley Burbury (St. John's) for
Macbeth 1.7. • 1853: Samuel Hawksley Burbury (St. John's) for
Jonson's
The New Inn 4.3. • 1854:
Henry Montagu Butler (Trinity) for Jonson's
Volpone 3.1. • 1855: Edward Lawford Brown (Trinity) for
Beaumont and Fletcher's
Bonduca 3.2. • 1856: Arthur Holmes (St. John's) for
3 Henry IV 1.4. • 1857: Arthur Holmes (St. John's) for ''All's Well That Ends Well'' 1.2. • 1858: Arthur Holmes (St. John's) for
Measure for Measure 2.3. • 1859: Awarded both
Richard Claverhouse Jebb (Trinity) and to Robert Chapman Whiting (Trinity)
æqualiter for
Julius Cæsar 5.1. • 1860:
Henry Yates Thompson (Trinity) for
Dekker and
Massinger's
Virgin Martyr 4.3. • 1861: Awarded both Charles Edward Graves (St. John's) and to
Henry Whitehead Moss (St. John's)
æq. for
2 Henry IV 2.3. • 1862: Henry Whitehead Moss (St. John's) for
Taming of the Shrew 5.2. • 1863: Henry Whitehead Moss (St. John's) for
Twelfth Night 5.2. • 1864: Thomas William Brogden (St. John's) for
Richard II 5.2. • 1865:
John Edwin Sandys (St. John's) for
Macbeth 3.2. • 1866: John Edwin Sandys (St. John's) for
Measure for Measure 3.1. • 1867: Thomas Moss (St. John's) for
The Tempest 1.2. • 1868: George Charles Winter Warr (Trinity) for Jonson's
Catiline 5.6. • 1869:
Richard Dacre Hodgson (Archer-Hind) (Trinity) for
1 Henry VI 4.5. • 1870: Awarded both
Edmund Gurney (Trinity) and to
Thomas Ethelbert Page (St. John's)
æq. for
2 Henry IV 1.1. • 1871: Henry Rees Philipps (Non-Collegiate) for
1 Henry IV 3.2. • 1872: Henry Rees Philipps (Non-Collegiate) for
Two Gentlemen of Verona 2.7. • 1873: Henry Wace (St. John's) for Massinger's
Maid of Honour 1.1. • 1874: Henry Wace (St. John's) for Fletcher's
The Bloody Brother 4.1. • 1875: Awarded both John Archibald Sharkey (
Christ's) and to Henry Wace (St. John's) for ''Midsummer Night's Dream'' 3.2. • 1876: Awarded both George Chawner (King's) and to Harry Rede Tottenham (Trinity). • 1877: Arthur Frederick Chance (Trinity). • 1878: Henry Charles Finch Mason (Trinity) for
Macbeth 2.1. • 1879: Arthur Frederick Chance (Trinity). • 1880: Awarded both Cecil Hill Garland (St. John's) and to William Ralph Inge (King's). • 1881:
James Duff Duff [
sic] (Trinity). • 1882:
Owen Seaman (
Clare). • 1883:
Sidney Arthur Taylor Rowlatt (King's). • 1884: William Longbourne Smith (St. John's). • 1885: Awarded both Joseph Robinson Orford (King's) and to
Norman Kenneth Stephen (Trinity). • 1886:
Norman Kenneth Stephen (Trinity). • 1887:
Walter George Headlam (King's). • 1888: Awarded both John Patrick Murray Blaekett (St. John's) and to
Reynold Alleyne Nicholson (Trinity). • Honourably mentioned: A.R.F. Hyslop (King's). • 1889: John Patrick Murray Blaekett (St. John's). • Honourably mentioned: G.A. Davies (Trinity) and T.R. Glover (St. John's). • 1890:
Reynold Alleyne Nicholson (Trinity). • Honourably mentioned: B. C .C. Olivier (King's) and
E. H. Warmington (Peterhouse). • 1921:
Joseph Vivian Wilson (Trinity). •
Proxime accessit: W. E. Philip (King's). • 1927: William Elmslie Philip (King's). •
Proxime accessit: P. H. Vellacott (Magdalene). • 1929: Walter Hamilton (Trinity). • Honourably mentioned: S. Chapman (Trinity), L. H. M. Gulland (Peterhouse) and D. E. W. Wormell (St. John's). •
Proxime accessit: John Hensley (Trinity). • 1933: Frederick William Clayton (King's). • 1934: Leonard Abraham Jones (Christ's). • Honorably mentioned:
Richard Portway Dobson (King's). • 1936:
M. Grant (Trinity). • 1937: G. M. Lee (Trinity). • 1938: A. Mayor (Trinity). •
Proxime accessit: H. V. Brandon (King's). • 1947: Edward Albert Vincent (Trinity). • 1948: M. D. Macleod (Pembroke). • Honorably mentioned:
Maurice Pope (Magdalene). • 1950: M. M. Willcock (Pembroke). • 1951:
W. G. Arnott (Pembroke). • 1952: W. G. Arnott (Pembroke). • 1955: Roger David Dawe (Gonville and Caius). • 1956: Roger David Dawe (Gonville and Caius). • 1960: Colin Peter Sydenham (King's) for Arnold's
Merope 1904-1965. • 1961:
David Blackman (Trinity) • 1962:
Colin François Lloyd Austin (Jesus). • 1965:
James Diggle (St. John's). •
Proxime accessit ("or nearly equal to successful Candidate"): D. M. Forrester (King's). • 2016: N. C. A. Hess (Trinity). • 2017: N. C. A. Hess (Trinity). • 2020: M. Sargent (Trinity) and M. A. Hardy (Girton)
aeq. • 2021: Sebastian James Tyrrall (Jesus). • 2025: Max Woodward (Jesus). ==See also==