Patrick Robertson (set designer)

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Patrick Robertson (18 December 1922 - 9 April 2009) was a British theatre designer, best remembered for his staging of Rigoletto for Jonathan Miller and English National Opera. [1]

He was married to Rosemary Vercoe, the costume designer, with whom he often collaborated. [2]

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References

  1. Jays, David (21 April 2009). "Obituary: Patrick Robertson". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 December 2017 via www.theguardian.com.
  2. Pimlott Baker, Anne (2017). "Vercoe, Rosemary Joyce (1917–2013), costume designer" . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). OUP. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/109235 . Retrieved 21 November 2017.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)