Caryl Churchill

CC , widely recognised as one of the top contemporary British dramatists, has written plays for radio, television, and the stage. Many of her plays are developed in workshop settings, in collaboration with theatre groups, composers, and choreographers. Her work often explores gender or class issues from a socialist-feminist perspective. Churchill is also noted for her innovative experiments with theatrical form through techniques such as the juxtaposition of historical and contemporary settings, cross-gender and cross-racial casting, overlapping dialogue, and absurdist word play. Her later plays have focused increasingly on language.
Black-and-white photo of Caryl Churchill holding a mug of tea outside, 13 January 1975.
"Caryl Churchill" by Evening Standard/Stringer, 1975-01-13. Retrieved from https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/british-playwright-caryl-churchill-having-a-tea-outside-news-photo/827891304. This image is licensed under the GETTY IMAGES CONTENT LICENCE AGREEMENT.

Milestones

3 September 1938
CC was born in London; she was an only child.
Demastes, William W., editor. British Playwrights, 1956-1995. Greenwood Press, 1996.
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Contemporary Theatre, Film, and Television. Gale Research.
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Keyssar, Helene. Feminist Theatre: An Introduction to Plays of Contemporary British and American Women. Macmillan, 1984.
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28 August 1982
CC 's critically acclaimed feminist drama Top Girls premièred at the Royal Court Theatre .
Churchill, Caryl. Top Girls. Methuen, 1984.
prelims
Demastes, William W., editor. British Playwrights, 1956-1995. Greenwood Press, 1996.
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Biography

Birth and Family

3 September 1938
CC was born in London; she was an only child.
Demastes, William W., editor. British Playwrights, 1956-1995. Greenwood Press, 1996.
107
Contemporary Theatre, Film, and Television. Gale Research.
19: 88
Keyssar, Helene. Feminist Theatre: An Introduction to Plays of Contemporary British and American Women. Macmillan, 1984.
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