Nevertheless, no candidate made a serious challenge to Lincoln, who was nominated in June, which the Tribune applauded slightly.
Last week Andrea Riseborough was named a Bafta "rising star", being nominated in the category of which four of the five contenders this year are female.
The superintendent, who was present, hastily wrote on a scrap of paper, "Mr Lincoln, you are nominated in the third ballot," which he immediately sent by a boy to Mr Lincoln.
Another triumphant year for the Donmar, which gets nominated in just about every category.
Mr. Forde believes his show, which was nominated in February for a Peabody Award, has enormous potential.
There is the possibility that, like Amour, Blue will be nominated in non-foreign-language categories, which are not affected by the September deadline.
Some of the biggest names in music were nominated in the best international category, which will pit Beyoncé, Drake, Frank Ocean, Justin Bieber and Rihanna against each other.
However, Joss Whedon's comic-book epic, which was nominated in eight categories, did take favourite movie actor and favourite movie superhero for Robert Downey Jr, who plays Iron Man.
Streten is also up for an award with Murphy for their joint single Drop the Game, which is nominated in the best dance release category.
