Sarah Kane

Sarah Kane (3 February 1971 – 20 February 1999) was an English playwright. Her writings dealt with the themes of desire, pain, love, torture and death. Her five plays are "Blasted" (1995), "Phaedra's Love" (1996), "Cleansed" (1998), "Crave" (1998) and "4.48 Psychosis" (2000). In 1995, she wrote the screenplay for the short movie "Skin". She also wrote two newspaper articles for "The Guardian".
Kane was born in Brentwood, Essex. She was raised by evangelical parents. A Christian in her early life, Kane later became an atheist. She was a lesbian.
Kane was depressed for years during her life. On 20 February 1999, she killed herself at King's College Hospital in Camberwell, London, by hanging herself with her shoelaces. She was 28. She had earlier been taken to the same hospital after overdosing on prescription drugs on 17 February.