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Claire van Kampen, Tony-Nominated Playwright of Farinelli and the King, Dies at 71 by Darryn King

Claire van Kampen, a musical director and Tony-nominated playwright who frequently worked with her husband Mark Rylance, died on January 18 in Kassel, Germany. Her daughter, Juliet Rylance, said on social media that the cause was cancer. Van Kampen was 71. Claire van Kampen was born on November 3, 1953, in London. Having studied music theory and piano at the Royal College of Music in London, she became the musical d…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:06PM on January 21, 2025

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