Desmond Heeley
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Desmond Heeley | |
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 Heeley in 2006 | |
| Born | 1 June 1931 Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Died | 10 June 2016 (aged 85) New York, United States |
| Occupation(s) | Set and costume designer |
| Awards | Tony Award x 3 |
Desmond Heeley (1 June 1931 – 10 June 2016) was a British set and costume designer who had an active international career in theater, ballet and opera from the late 1940s through the 2010s.
Heeley was born in Staffordshire, England and began his career as an apprentice designer at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in 1948, and soon established himself as an important designer at that theater and at Sadler's Wells Theatre in London. In 1957, he designed his first set for the Stratford Festival in Ontario, Canada, with whom he established a very long professional relationship, designing sets for more than 40 productions through 2009. He also designed sets and costumes for several Broadway productions and at the Metropolitan Opera.[1] He also taught design at the Tisch School for the Arts at NYU, as well as other universities in the United States, England and Canada.[2]
