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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Predicate Object
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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