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Biography
Sarah Kane (3 February 1971 – 20 February 1999) was an English playwright who is known for her plays that deals with themes of redemptive love, sexual desire, pain, torture—both physical and psychological—and death. They are characterized by a poetic intensity, pared-down language, exploration of theatrical form and, in her earlier work, the use of extreme and violent stage action. Kane herself, as well as scholars of her work, such as Graham Saunders, identify some of her inspirations as expressionist theatre and Jacobean tragedy.The critic Aleks Sierz has seen her work as part of what he has termed In-Yer-Face theatre, a form of drama which broke away from the conventions of naturalist theatre. Kane's published work consists of five plays, one short film (Skin), and two newspaper articles for The Guardian.
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| GRANT NAME | YEAR | Opera Grants for Women Composers: Commissioning Grants | 2019 |
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