Caryl Churchill
British playwright (born 1938) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Caryl Lesley Churchill (born 3 September 1938)[1] is a British playwright known for dramatising the abuses of power, for her use of non-naturalistic techniques, and for her exploration of sexual politics and feminist themes.[2] Celebrated for works such as Cloud 9 (1979), Top Girls (1982), Serious Money (1987), Blue Heart (1997), Far Away (2000), and A Number (2002), she has been described as "one of Britain's greatest poets and innovators for the contemporary stage".[3] In a 2011 dramatists' poll by The Village Voice, five out of the 20 polled writers listed Churchill as the greatest living playwright.[4]
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Born | Caryl Lesley Churchill (1938-09-03) 3 September 1938 (age 85) Finsbury, London, England |
Occupation | Playwright |
Alma mater | Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford |
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Spouse |
David Harter
(m. 1961; died 2021) |
Children | 3 |
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