Costume designer who began her career in acting but won acclaim with her designs for the theatre and operaA baggy cardigan; a battered fedora; a starchy dress fastened high at the neck. The stage costumes designed by Rosemary Vercoe, who has died aged 96, were often unglamorous, but always steeped in character. Frequently working with her husband, the set designer Patrick Robertson, she was for many years a prime col…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:55AM on August 14, 2013