England is home to the greatest playwright ever to live. While William Shakespeare remains unequalled more than four centuries after his death, The Bard himself might be proud of talent still emerging from “this Sceptered Isle” as modern British playwrights continue to produce works of stunning originality.

An example of Britain’s best over the past half-century is Caryl Churchill. She made her debut in 1958 when she was still a student at Lady Margaret Hall, a women’s college at Oxford University. A recent article in The Sydney Morning Herald called her, “Britain’s greatest poet and innovator of the contemporary stage.” Some critics name her best work is Top Girls (1983) which won the Obie Award. Other celebrated works include Cloud 9 (1979), Serious Money (1987) and Blue Heart (1997).

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