Martin Crimp

Martin Crimp is a British playwright, born in 1956. He gained international recognition with his play Attempts on Her Life in 1997 and has since established himself as one of Britain’s most distinctive contemporary dramatists. His writing is characterised by a highly individual, fragmented form and an exploration of power, identity and the relationship between language and reality. His other plays include The Country, Cruel and Tender, In the Republic of Happiness and The Rest Will Be Familiar to You from Cinema.

In 2006, he began his collaboration with composer George Benjamin, which has resulted in four operas: Into the Little Hill, Written on Skin, Lessons in Love and Violence and Picture a day like this.

Crimp has also worked extensively as a translator and adapter of plays and was awarded the Nyssen-Bansemer Theatre Prize in 2020.