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Claire van Kampen obituary

Composer, playwright and theatre director who often worked with her husband, the actor Mark Rylance

The Guardian - UK

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

The Guardian - UK

Celebrity deaths of 2025: Remembering influential figures we lost this year

A host of big names have passed away this year. The Standard reflects on some of the stars we’ve lost

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Sir Mark Rylance's wife, Claire van Kampen, dead at 71

Sir Mark Rylance's wife, composer Claire van Kampen, has died of cancer.

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Claire van Kampen, theatre director and composer, dies aged 71

Wife of actor Mark Rylance worked in various roles at Shakespeare’s Globe and had been diagnosed with cancer

The Guardian - UK

Director Claire van Kampen dies aged 71 on birthday of her husband Mark Rylance

She died in the German town of Kassel surrounded by her family on Saturday morning, a statement on behalf of Sir Mark and her daughter Juliet said.

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