Theatrical designer. She studied at London's Central School of Art after receiving encouragement from the artist Cecil Collins. From 1971 until 1972 she worked for the Glasgow Citizen's Theatre, designing ten productions for the company, as well as working on "The Rake's Progress" and "Katya Kabanova" for the Scottish Opera and the Wexford Festival. She became extremely prolific, and in 1974 alone produced designs for operas by Wagner, Holst, Puccini and Prokofiev, as well as two Shakespeare plays. The following year she designed four more operas, each staged in a different country. She produced set and costume designs for a total of one hundred and twenty-six productions, the best known of which was Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Phantom of the Opera" in 1986. She continued to work compulsively throughout her life, completing her final work, designs for "The Little Prince" a month before her death from chickenpox.
Theatrical designer. She studied at London's Central School of Art after receiving encouragement from the artist Cecil Collins. From 1971 until 1972 she worked for the Glasgow Citizen's Theatre, designing ten productions for the company, as well as working on "The Rake's Progress" and "Katya Kabanova" for the Scottish Opera and the Wexford Festival. She became extremely prolific, and in 1974 alone produced designs for operas by Wagner, Holst, Puccini and Prokofiev, as well as two Shakespeare plays. The following year she designed four more operas, each staged in a different country. She produced set and costume designs for a total of one hundred and twenty-six productions, the best known of which was Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Phantom of the Opera" in 1986. She continued to work compulsively throughout her life, completing her final work, designs for "The Little Prince" a month before her death from chickenpox.
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