Getty PicturesBritish theatre director and composer Claire van Kampen has died elderly 71, her husband actor Sir Mark Rylance has showed.
Van Kampen, who was once the primary feminine musical director at each the Royal Shakespeare Corporate and the Nationwide Theatre, died on Saturday after being identified with most cancers, a commentary shared on behalf of Sir Mark and her daughter Juliet mentioned.
They described her as “probably the most funniest and (maximum) inspiring ladies we’ve got ever recognized”.
Her theatre credit additionally come with writing the play Farinelli And The King, which starred her husband and was once nominated for a number of Olivier Awards together with absolute best new play, and various Tony Awards.
She died within the German the town of Kassel surrounded by way of her circle of relatives, the commentary mentioned. Saturday additionally marked Sir Mark’s sixty fifth birthday.
“We thank her for imbuing our lives together with her magic, song, laughter, and love,” it added.
“Ring the bell, sound the trumpets reverie, one thing is completed, one thing is starting. Some of the nice sensible ones has handed.”
Van Kampen and Sir Mark married in 1989, the similar yr she composed the song for the Royal Shakespeare Corporate manufacturing of Hamlet which he starred in.
PA MediaShe went directly to compose unique rankings for Broadway productions together with True West, Boeing-Boeing and Los angeles Bete, in addition to variations of Shakespeare’s Twelth Night time and Richard IIII.
After coaching on the Royal School of Song in London, the place she studied song principle and piano, van Kampen joined the Royal Shakespeare Corporate in 1986.
She joined the Royal Nationwide Theatre the next yr, and went directly to function an inventive affiliate to Sir Mark at Shakespeare’s Globe theatre within the capital.
Maximum not too long ago, van Kampen was once Globe affiliate and senior analysis fellow for early trendy song on the Globe, in addition to an artistic affiliate on the Outdated Vic Theatre in London.
She additionally labored as a Tudor song consultant and organize for the BBC tv collection Wolf Corridor.
Van Kampen had two daughters together with her earlier husband, architect Christopher van Kampen.
Her daughter Nataasha, a filmmaker, died elderly 28 in 2012 after struggling a mind haemorrhage.
