Editing David Haig (section)

===Stage===
He also won an [[Laurence Olivier Award|Olivier Award]] in 1988 for [[Laurence Olivier Award for Actor of the Year in a New Play|Actor of the Year in a New Play]], for his performance in ''[[Our Country's Good]]'' at the [[Royal Court Theatre|Royal Court]] in [[Sloane Square]].<ref>{{cite web| url=https://officiallondontheatre.com/olivier-awards/winners/olivier-winners-1988/| title=Olivier Winners 1988| publisher=The Society of London Theatre| access-date=30 September 2018| archive-date=18 March 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318054644/https://officiallondontheatre.com/olivier-awards/winners/olivier-winners-1988/| url-status=live}}</ref> He toured Britain with the stage version of ''My Boy Jack'', which he wrote, and in which he played [[Rudyard Kipling]] and directed a production of ''Private Lives'' by [[Noël Coward]], which made a national tour in 2005.

Haig has appeared in several stage productions in London's West End, including ''[[Hitchcock Blonde]]'' at the Royal Court, ''Life X 3'' at the [[Savoy Theatre]], as the character Osborne in [[R.C. Sherriff]]'s play ''[[Journey's End]]'' at the [[Comedy Theatre]], and as Mr George Banks in ''[[Mary Poppins (musical)|Mary Poppins]]'' at the [[Prince Edward Theatre]] for which he received an [[Olivier Award]] nomination. He was also nominated for playing Christopher Headingley in a revival of [[Michael Frayn]]'s comedy ''[[Donkeys' Years]]'' at the Comedy Theatre. Having appeared in the role of Pinchwife in the comedy ''[[The Country Wife]]'' at the [[Royal Haymarket Theatre]] in London, he appeared in [[The Sea (play)|''The Sea'']] at the same theatre. Haig's next role was Truscott in the [[Joe Orton]] black farce [[Loot (play)|''Loot'']] at London's [[Tricycle Theatre]] from 11 December 2008 to 31 January 2009 and at the [[Theatre Royal, Newcastle]], 2 to 7 February 2009.

In 2010 he played the role of [[Jim Hacker]] in the stage version of ''[[Yes Minister|Yes, Prime Minister]]'',<ref name="jim">{{cite news | url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8522359.stm | work=BBC News | title=Stage plan for Yes Prime Minister | date=18 February 2010 | access-date=22 July 2010 | archive-date=21 February 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100221152147/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8522359.stm | url-status=live }}</ref> at the Chichester Festival [[Gielgud Theatre]], in London's West End from 17 September 2010.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chicester Minister Bound for Gielgud, 17 Sep |url= http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/london/E8831276247171/Chichester+Minister+Bound+for+Gielgud%2C+17+Sep.html |work=Whats on Stage website |date=11 June 2010 |access-date=12 June 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121013174416/http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/london/E8831276247171/Chichester%2BMinister%2BBound%2Bfor%2BGielgud%2C%2B17%2BSep.html |archive-date=13 October 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In September 2023, it was announced that Haig was adapting [[Philip K. Dick]]'s novella "[[The Minority Report]]" for the stage, to premiere at the [[Lyric Hammersmith]] the following spring.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Akbar |first1=Arifa |title=Minority Report drama to feature in Lyric Hammersmith's 'really bold' spring lineup |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/sep/25/minority-report-drama-to-feature-in-lyric-hammersmiths-really-bold-spring-lineup |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=28 September 2023 |date=25 September 2023 |archive-date=28 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928013821/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/sep/25/minority-report-drama-to-feature-in-lyric-hammersmiths-really-bold-spring-lineup |url-status=live }}</ref>