Claire van Kampen, a theater composer, director, playwright and the wife of actor Mark Rylance, has died. She was 71. According to an announcement from her family, van Kampen died on Saturday morning — also Rylance’s 65th birthday — in Kassel, Germany. The cause was cancer. Van Kampen was the first female musical director for […]
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Claire van Kampen, Theater Composer, Director and Wife of Mark Rylance, Dies at 71
Jan 18, 2025 | 10:36 AM