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".