Peter Rice obituary

Stage designer whose work graced Opera Holland Park, the Royal Ballet, the Royal Opera House and many West End theatres

Even in his last West End production, the stage designer Peter Rice, who has died aged 87, would be credited with decor rather than sets or design. He had designed at Glyndebourne in the mid-1950s, and his lifelong mentors and friends were the choreographers Frederick Ashton and William Chappell and the director Anthony Besch.