Osbert Lancaster

He studied at the Slade School of Fine Arts. He was well known as a painter, cartoonist, author and designer working widely in theatre, opera and ballet. His designs include La Fille mal gardée for The Royal Ballet; Coppélia for Sadler’s Wells Ballet; Pineapple Poll for Sadler’s Wells Theatre Ballet; Hotel Paradiso, Zulrika, Candide and All’s Well that Ends Well for the theatre; The Rake’s Progress (UK premiere), L’italiana in Algeri and Falstaff for Glyndebourne; and Don Pasquale for Sadler’s Wells Opera. He wrote numerous books, including two autobiographical volumes, and was cartoonist for the Daily Express from 1939, creating the famous Littlehampton family. He was knighted in 1975. He died in 1986.