Caryl Churchill

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British dramatist

United Kingdom WritersBorn 1938 · age 88

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Caryl Lesley Churchill 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.

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star on Playwrights' Sidewalk

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Roland JofféAlso in The Legion Hall Bombing (1978)

Paula WilcoxAlso in The After Dinner Joke (1978)

Lesley SharpAlso in Top Girls (1991)

Beth GoddardAlso in Top Girls (1991)

Sylvestra Le TouzelAlso in Crimes (1982)

George InnesAlso in The After Dinner Joke (1978)

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Caryl Lesley Churchill 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.

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