Sarah Kane

Sarah Kane (February 3, 1971 - February 20, 1999) was an English playwright. Her plays dealt uncompromisingly with themes of death, sex, violence and mental illness, and are characterised by an increasing poetic intensity, a rich affirmation of love in all its forms, and by use of sharply violent imagery so powerful that it cuts across and fragments the narrative, perhaps an attempt to give us the experience of a life torn up by its roots.

Literature

• Sarah Kane: Complete Plays. London 2001 ISBN 0413742601
• Graham Saunders: ‘Love Me or Kill Me’. Sarah Kane and the Theatre of Extremes. Manchester 2002 ISBN 0719059569
• Aleks Sierz: In-Yer-Face Theatre. British Drama Today. 2001 ISBN 0571200494