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Derek Rencher was a dancer with The Royal Ballet creating roles in several of Kenneth MacMillan's ballets. He studied design and art history at the Royal College of Art before becoming a dancer and was a skilled artist. The material in this file comprises

1. One hand written colour postcard reporting on the success of Manon in Berlin, undated and postmark illegible
2. A limerick about Iris (Law) and Gwyneth (Matthews), with accompanying sketch
3. Stylised drawing titled Costume Romeo and Juliet Nursie Gerd Larsen, black pen and ink

Jeffrey Solomons first met Kenneth MacMillan in 1949/50. They had shared interests in music and film as well as visual arts. Solomons later became an art dealer. The material in this file comprises four cartoons by Solomons

1. Kenneth MacMillan at the Diaghilev exhibition mounted by Richard Buckle in Edinburgh in 1954
2. a concert by John Cage and David Tudor on prepared pianos
3. a ballet dancer and good luck message
4. a ventriloquist's dummy sitting on ventriloquist's knee, a good luck card