Awards & Winners

Caryl Churchill

Date of Birth 03-September-1938
Place of Birth London
(England, United Kingdom, Great Britain)
Nationality United Kingdom, Canada
Also know as Caryl Lesley Churchill
Profession Playwright, Screenwriter
Caryl Churchill is an English dramatist known for her use of non-naturalistic techniques and feminist themes, dramatisation of the abuses of power, and exploration of sexual politics. She is acknowledged as a major playwright in the English language and one of world theatre's most influential writers. Her early work developed Bertolt Brecht's modernist dramatic and theatrical techniques of ‘Epic theatre’ to explore issues of gender and sexuality. From A Mouthful of Birds onwards, she began to experiment with forms of dance-theatre, incorporating techniques developed from the performance tradition initiated by Antonin Artaud with his 'Theatre of Cruelty'. This move away from a clear Fabel dramaturgy towards increasingly fragmented and surrealistic narratives characterises her work as postmodernist.

Awards by Caryl Churchill

Check all the awards nominated and won by Caryl Churchill.

2005


Obie Award for Playwriting
Honored for : A Number

1997


Nominations 1997 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play The Skriker

1992


Nominations 1992 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play Mad Forest

1988


Obie Award for Best New American Play
Honored for : Serious Money

1987


Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play
Honored for : Serious Money
(BBC Award for the Play of the Year)

Nominations 1987 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play Serious Money
BBC Award for the Play of the Year

1983


Obie Award for Playwriting
Honored for : Top Girls

1982


Obie Award for Playwriting
Honored for : Cloud Nine