Rosemary Joyce Vercoe (29 April 1917 – 28 July 2013) was a British actress and costume designer, perhaps best known for being a long-term collaborator with Jonathan Miller on his opera and theatre productions.
[3] In May 1973, Vercoe designed the costumes for the British Première of Gottfried von Einem’s opera THE TRIAL, based on the Kafka novel, directed by Fuad Kavur, at Bloomsbury Theatre London, attended by the composer.
[5] It was most recently revived in 2017, using Vercoe's costume design, which reviewers still comment on, "the mafia concept, although prolific in opera stagings these days, is still a perfect fit for Rigoletto".
[6] London's Victoria and Albert Museum includes Vercoe's costumes from the 1979 English National Opera production of The Turn of the Screw.
[4] Vercoe died at the Highgate Nursing Home, 12 Hornsey Lane, Islington, London, on 28 July 2013.