Claire van Kampen Dies: Composer, Playwright, Behind-The-Scenes Multitasker & Wife/Collaborator Of Mark Rylance Was 71
deadline.comClaire van Kampen, a composer of music for plays and television dramas, as well as a director, writer and frequent collaborator of her Oscar-winning husband Mark Rylance, died Saturday morning at age 71, her family has announced.
Formally know as Lady Rylance, van Kampen died in the ancient town of Kassel, Germany, surrounded by her family, said a statement issued by Mark Rylance and van Kampen’s daughter Juliet Rylance.
The statement noted that van Kampen died on Mark Rylance’s 65th birthday. Van Kampen was an accomplished musicologist, and her compositions graced many theatrical productions in London and on Broadway.
Her first credited Broadway score was for Sam Shepard’s True West in 2000, which starred Philip Seymour Hoffman, John C. Reilly, Robert LuPone and Celia Weston.
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