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Following Kenneth MacMillan's successful production of Kingdom of Earth, he received the following in relation to Tennessee Williams's play Clothes for a Summer Hotel

1. Letter from Saraband Associates enclosing a script and letter from Maria St Just, 12.7.1984
2. Copy of a letter from Maria St Just to Kenneth MacMillan, congratulating him on his production of Kingdom of Earth and asking him to consider directing Clothes for a Summer Hotel. The letter mentions other possible projects based on the works of Tennessee Williams, 9.7.1984
3. Copy of the script for Clothes for a Summer Hotel, 'a further revision, by the author, of the acting text published by Dramatists Play Service in 1981'. 81 pages including background details to the production, author's note, cast for the first performance and 39 pages of script, unbound and undated

This is one of two copies of Roxanne Shafer's play Come the Revolution. This one is accompanied by a typed letter from Roxanne Shafer to Kenneth MacMillan asking for his views on her enclosed script, 12.11.1983
The script is for Act one of the play and comprises the title page plus 82 pages, copyright 1983

This is a second copy of the script by Roxane Shafer for her play Come the Revolution and comprises both Acts I and II, with a title page, list of principal characters and 103 typed pages of script with a piece of plain blue paper dividing Acts I and II. In yellow card covers, dated copyright 1984

Photocopy of a play text for Conpersonas A Recreation in Two Acts by Paul Stephen Linn, copyright 1977, published by Samuel French, Inc. The play text comprises five pages of introduction and 35 pages of script, with an additional page sellotaped to the inside front cover giving quotes from critics

The material in this folder consists of correspondence from members of the cast and artistic administration at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, and with agents and members of the public. There is also some reference material relating to August Strindberg. The material comprises

1. Five handwritten letters, three with envelopes, one handwritten postcard and one typed list from Jill Bennett to Kenneth MacMillan, Mar - Nov 1983 and n.d. One handwritten postcard from Robert Hardy to Jill Bennett which she has forwarded to Kenneth MacMillan, n.d.
2. Three handwritten letters, two with envelopes, from Edward Fox to Kenneth MacMillan, Apr and Jun 1983 and n.d.
3. Two handwritten postcards, two typed letters, one with envelope, from Michael Meyer to Kenneth MacMillan. One letter encloses Michael Meyer's programme note Strindberg and The Dance of Death
4. Copies of correspondence from Saraband Associates and Fraser and Dunlop Ltd, copied to Kenneth MacMillan, re the use of Michael Meyer's adaptation of The Dance of Death, Nov 1982-Mar 1983. Two pages of carbon copy and 10 fax pages, two compliments slips and one typed note
5. One typed letter from Casper Wrede, Resident Artistic Director, to Kenneth MacMillan, 9 Nov 1983
6. One handwritten letter from Michael Elliott, Artistic Director, to Kenneth MacMillan, 6 Nov 1983
7. One handwritten letter from Helen [McMurray] to Kenneth MacMillan, on Granada TV Ltd headed notepaper, 21 Oct 1983
8. One typed letter of praise to Kenneth MacMillan, signature illegible, n.d.
9. One handwritten copy of a letter from Kenneth MacMillan to Miss Alexander confirming that all roles in the play have been filled, 17 Jul 1983
10. One typed letter from Robert Lantz, New York, re recent meeting and possibility of working together in the future, 7.6.1983
11. One typed list of possible actors and their agents, from Saraband Associates, 16.5.1983
12. One handwritten postcard from Adrian Mitchell, postmarked 5.5.1983, and one handwritten postcard from Ted Hardwicke (? signature not clearly legible), with envelope, 11.5.1983
13. One typed letter from Fraser and Dunlop Ltd with two black and white photographs of possible actors for the children in the play, 23.3.1983
14. One copy of a typed letter from the Finance Manager of the Royal Exchange Theatre to Saraband Associates re Kenneth MacMillan's contract, 15.3.1983
15. One image of a danse macabre
16. Photocopy of an article Strindberg and the Danse Macabre by Walter Johnson, from Modern Drama (May 1960), five pages
17. Photocopies of The Turning Point, uncredited and undated, five pages

This folder contains correspondence relating to the proposed staging of Kingdom of Heaven and comprises correspondence between Kenneth MacMillan, his agents and lawyers, the Hampstead Theatre, London, Royal Shakespeare Company, Jonathan Pryce's agent, and the Tennessee Williams Estate.

The material in this file includes two pages of Interview details with handwritten annotations by Kenneth MacMillan, one handwritten list of Lighting Notes, uncredited but likely by John B. Read, who designed the lighting for this production and for most of Kenneth MacMillan's ballets, n.d., production schedules and lists, including provisional props list

One handwritten draft letter from Kenneth MacMillan to Penney [?] re the possibility of joining William Morris agency and reasons for not accepting her offer, 27 Sep 1982
One handwritten letter from David Taylor enclosing photograph and typed cv, 'just in case Michael Attenborough wanted to know anything about me', 13 Feb 1984

One typed letter from Phyllis C.Kaufman to Kenneth MacMillan about a new play by an American playwright that she believes it would be ideal for him to direct, 20 Feb 1978

Kenneth MacMillan acquired the rights to produce Tennessee William's Kingdom of Heaven in 1982 and directed the first professional performances at the Hampstead Theatre, London, in April 1984