Jocelyn Herbert (1917–2003) was one of the most influential post-war British theatre
designers of the 20th century. Her father was the playwright A. P. Herbert who was also the
Member of Parliament for Oxford University for over a decade. She went to St Paul’s Girls
School in Hammersmith and grew up with writers and artists around her. She first went
to Paris to study under the painter André L’Hote, before attending the Slade School of Art,
in London. It was there that she trained in theatre design before joining the experimental
London Theatre Studio in 1936. She was taught by Margaret Harris, Sophie Harris and
Elizabeth Montgomery of the Motley Theatre Design Group before the war led to the closure
of theatres. In 1937, she married Anthony Lousada and went on to have four children.
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Jocelyn Herbert (1917–2003) was one of the most influential post-war British theatre
designers of the 20th century. Her father was the playwright A. P. Herbert who was also the
Member of Parliament for Oxford University for over a decade. She went to St Paul’s Girls
School in Hammersmith and grew up with writers and artists around her. She first went
to Paris to study under the painter André L’Hote, before attending the Slade School of Art,
in London. It was there that she trained in theatre design before joining the experimental
London Theatre Studio in 1936. She was taught by Margaret Harris, Sophie Harris and
Elizabeth Montgomery of the Motley Theatre Design Group before the war led to the closure
of theatres. In 1937, she married Anthony Lousada and went on to have four children.
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