Caryl Churchill | |
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| Born | Caryl Lesley Churchill 3 September 1938 Finsbury, London, England |
| Occupation | Playwright |
| Alma mater | Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford |
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| Spouse |
David Harter
(m. 1961; died 2021) |
| Children | 3 |
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, six out of the 20 polled writers listed Churchill as the greatest living playwright.[4]
- ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
- ^ Caryl Churchill profile, Encyclopædia Britannica; accessed 26 January 2018.
- ^ Woodhead, Cameron (17 June 2015). "Love and Information review: fresh work captures the zeitgeist". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
- ^ "Who Is the Greatest Living Playwright? | The Village Voice". The Village Voice. 2 November 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2020.