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Claire van Kampen, Theater Composer, Director and Wife of Mark Rylance, Dies at 71


Claire van Kampen, a theater composer, director, playwright and the wife of actor Mark Rylance, died on Saturday. She was 71.

Claire van Kampen, a theater composer, director, playwright and the wife of actor Mark Rylance, has died. In 2007, van Kampen received the Sam Wanamaker Award for pioneering work in Shakespearean theater alongside Rylance and theatrical designer Jenny Tiramini. According to her bio on the Globe website, van Kampen was currently working on adapting “Farinelli and the King” for the screen and was also involved in a film about the painter Elaine de Kooning.

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Sir Mark Rylance shows off his natty new look in a khaki suit and trilby as he joins wife Claire Van Kampen in the royal box at Wimbledon