Sarah Kane was born in 1971 and died in 1999. Her first play, Blasted, was produced at the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs in 1995. Her second play, Phaedra’s Love, was produced at the Gate Theatre in 1996. In April 1998, Cleansed was produced at the Royal Court Theatre Downstairs and in September 1998, Paines Plough and Bright Ltd produced Kane’s fourth play, Crave, at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh. Her last play, 4.48 Psychosis, was given its premiere at the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs in June 2000. Her short film, Skin, produced by British Screen/Channel 4, was first broadcast on Channel 4 in June 1997. Sarah Kane’s plays continue to be regularly performed around the world, particularly in Europe, Australia and South America. Notable productions include the Royal Court Theatre’s revivals of Blasted, Crave and 4.48 Psychosis in 2001, the New York premiere of Blasted at SoHo Rep in 2008 and Sean Holmes’s revival of Blasted at the Lyric Hammersmith in 2010. More recently, in 2015, Sheffield Theatres mounted a Sarah Kane Season with full productions of Blasted, Crave and 4.48 Psychosis and semi-staged readings of Phaedra’s Love and Cleansed. In February 2016, Katie Mitchell directed a new production of Cleansed, marking Kane’s debut at the National Theatre, and in 2026, Rebecca Frecknall directed a further new production of Cleansed for the Almeida Theatre.