Caryl+Churchill

=Caryl Churchill = (09/03/1938- )

[[image:http://www.nndb.com/people/540/000114198/caryl-churchill-1.jpg align="left"]]**Biography**
Caryl Churchill was born on September 3, 1938 in London, England. She attended Oxford University where she earned her BA in English in 1960. While attending school there she wrote three plays; //Downstairs, You've No Need to be Frightened//, and //Having a Wonderful Time.// In 1961, Caryl met her husband, David Harter and were married the same year. Churchill then got a job with BBC radio from 1962 to 1974 writing plays. In 1974, Churchill decided to take her abilities to the stage. She teamed up with numerous theatre companies to develop and hone her skills as a playwright. Since then she has written multiple successful plays. (Imagi-nation.com)

**Radio Plays**

 * //The Ants// (1962)
 * //Lovesick// (1967)
 * //Not, Not, Not, Not Enough Oxygen// (1971)
 * //Abortive// (1971)
 * //Schreber's Nervous Illness// (1972)

**Plays**

 * //Owners// (1972)
 * //Cloud Nine// (1979)
 * //Top Girls// (1982)
 * //Soft cops// (1984)
 * //Serious Money// (1987)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">//Ice Cream// (1989)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">//The Striker// (1994)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">//A Number// (2002)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">//Drunk Enough to say I Love You?// (2006)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Seven Jewish Children (2009)

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Themes**

 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Gender and Sexuality
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Feminism
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Abuse of Power
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Social Politics

Return to Drama in the Twentieth Century

**<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">References **

 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Biographic Picture- http://www.nndb.com/people/540/000114198/caryl-churchill-1.jpg
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Video- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYAYnJ6HZ5M
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">"Caryl Churchill (1938 - )." //Imagi-nation.com//. Web. 21 May 2010. <http://www.imagi-nation.com/moonstruck/clsc45.html>.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Contributors**
Steven West