Kenneth MacMillan was evacuated to Great Yarmouth during World War II. The material in this file consists of material relating to his school years there, including school reports, copies of school magazines and press cuttings, reminiscences from former class mates and photographs
The majority of material in these files consists of unsolicited ideas for subjects, scenarios or music that the correspondents suggest Kenneth MacMillan might be interested to create ballets on. Some correspondence is from established figures in the field of theatre and music, others people unknown to Kenneth MacMillan. The material is divided into 11 files, the first contains brief correspondence arranged in alphabetical order of surname; where there are files for individuals, this reflects the amount of material rather than offering a value judgement on the person or concept
This subseries contains scores used by Kenneth MacMillan for four of his ballets, and scores and audio cassettes sent to him of music that he might consider using
Sans titreKenneth MacMillan directed three plays for the theatre between 1982 and 1984, two in London and one in Manchester. The files contain copies of the scripts, his thoughts on the plays and their characters as well as correspondence, production and marketing material
Sans titreKenneth MacMillan continued to be interested in the possibility of directing for the theatre. These files contain correspondence about and scripts of plays that he considered and others that were sent to him for consideration plus some general correspondence
Sans titrePhotographs of Kenneth MacMillan's birth family including grandparents, parents, siblings, aunts, uncles and nephews. Many photographs include Kenneth MacMillan with different family members and at family functions. There are two hand tinted head and shoulders photographs of Kenneth MacMillan as a young boy. Some photographs have annotations on the reverse
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