Claire van Kampen: a world-class theatre composer and bright star of Shakespeare's Globe
The pianist, director and playwright of Farinelli and the King, which starred her husband Mark Rylance, is remembered by the Globe's former artistic director Claire van Kampen, theatre director and composer, dies aged 71 On the first afternoon of rehearsals for any new show, I would ask Claire to push past the awkwardness and nerves of new beginnings with some group singing. Within a couple of hours, her galvanic ene…