Claire van Kampen death: Director, composer and wife of Mark Rylance dies aged 71 The director, composer and playwright had been diagnosed with cancer.
Director, composer and playwright Claire van Kampen, the wife of actor Sir Mark Rylance, has died aged 71 after being diagnosed with cancer.
Van Kampen also wrote the play Farinelli And The King, which saw Sir Mark star as King Philippe V of Spain and was nominated for several Olivier Awards including best new play, and a number of Tony Awards.
Van Kampen died Saturday (January 18), which also marked her husband’s 65th birthday, in the German town of Kassel surrounded by her family, a statement shared on behalf of Rylance and her daughter Juliet said.
Later in her career, she created original scores for Broadway productions of 2000’s True West, 2008’s Boeing-Boeing and 2010 comedy La Bete, as well as adaptations of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night and Richard III.
