Sarah Kane

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Sarah Kane was a groundbreaking British playwright known for her intensely provocative, emotionally raw, and formally experimental works that helped define the in-yer-face theatre movement of the 1990s.

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Sarah Kane canonical 4

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instanceOf British person
dramatist
human
playwright
causeOfDeath suicide
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1971-02-03
dateOfDeath 1999-02-20
educatedAt University of Birmingham
University of Bristol
ethnicGroup White British
familyName Kane
fieldOfWork playwriting
theatre
genre drama
experimental theatre
tragedy
givenName Sarah
hasWork 4.48 Psychosis
Blasted
Cleansed
Crave
Phaedra’s Love
influenced In-yer-face theatre movement
linked to: In-yer-face theatre

contemporary British theatre
influencedBy Georg Büchner
Howard Barker
Samuel Beckett
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement In-yer-face theatre
name Sarah Kane
nationality British
notableFor emotionally raw writing
formally experimental drama
intensely provocative plays
notableWork 4.48 Psychosis
Blasted
Cleansed
Crave
Phaedra’s Love
occupation playwright
theatre director
placeOfBirth Brentwood, Essex, England
linked to: Brentwood, Essex
placeOfDeath London, England
sexOrGender female
workPeriod 1990s

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