What is Sarah Kane?
'''Sarah Kane''' (3 February 1971 – 20 February 1999) was an [[English people|English]] [[playwright]]. Her writings dealt with the [[theme]]s of [[desire]], [[pain]], [[love]], [[torture]] and [[death]]. Her five plays are ''[[Blasted]]'' (1995), ''[[Phaedra's Love]]'' (1996), ''[[Cleansed]]'' (1998), ''[[Crave (play)|Crave]]'' (1998) and ''[[4.48 Psychosis]]'' (2000). In 1995, she wrote the screenplay for the [[short movie]] ''[[Skin (1995 movie)|Skin]]''. She also wrote two newspaper articles for ''[[The Guardian]]''. Kane was born in [[Brentwood, Essex]]. She was raised by [[Evangelicalism|evangelical]] parents. A [[Christian]] in her early life, Kane later became an [[atheist]]. She was a [[lesbian]]. Kane was [[Clinical depression|depressed]] for years during her life. On 20 February 1999, she [[suicide|killed herself]] at [[King's College Hospital]] in [[Camberwell, London|Camberwell]], [[London]], by [[Hanging (death)|hanging]] herself with her shoelaces. She was 28.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/25/theater/sarah-kane-28-bleak-explosive-playwright.html|title=Sarah Kane, 28, Bleak, Explosive Playwright|author=Hoge, Warren|date=25 February 1999|accessdate=20 December 2020|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> She had earlier been taken to the same hospital after [[drug overdose|overdosing]] on [[prescription]] drugs on 17 February.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/sep/23/2|title=Suicidal writer was free to kill herself|author=Quinn, Sue|date=23 September 1999|accessdate=20 December 2020|work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{IMDb name|id=1113279|name=Sarah Kane}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kane, Sarah}} [[Category:1971 births]] [[Category:1999 deaths]] [[Category:English atheists]] [[Category:English LGBT people]] [[Category:English novelists]] [[Category:English playwrights]] [[Category:English screenwriters]] [[Category:Lesbians]] [[Category:People from Brentwood, Essex]] [[Category:Suicides by hanging in the United Kingdom]] [[Cate