Caryl Churchill
Caryl Churchill | |
|---|---|
| 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) 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. Celebrated for works such as Cloud 9 (1979), Top Girls (1982), Serious Money (1987), Blue Heart (1997), Far Away (2000), A Number (2002), and Love and Information (2012), she has been described as "one of Britain's greatest poets and innovators for the contemporary stage". In a 2011 dramatists' poll by The Village Voice, six out of the 20 polled writers listed Churchill as the greatest living playwright.