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One photograph of the set design for the Ballroom Scene in Winter's Eve, one photograph of Kenneth MacMillan and Mikhail Baryshnikov in rehearsal studio [for Wild Boy], and six photographs of the model sets for The Sleeping Beauty

The Deutsche Oper Berlin performed Kenneth MacMillan's one-act ballet Las Hermanas in 1968 using the original designs by Nicholas Georgiadis. The letters in this file, two to Kenneth MacMillan and one to Gert [Reinholm] give details of Nicholas Georgiadis's fees and instructions for the set, props and costumes. The majority of the letter to Gert [Reinholm] appears to be written by someone else with just the closing sentence and signature by Nicholas Georgiadis. Georgiadis concludes one of the letters to MacMillan, 'And by the way try and be less rude on the phone'.

There are four handwritten lists, one original and three photocopies, giving details of the characters and the numbers of costumes required. There are 11 pages of colour copies of costume designs, several to a page. The material is stored in a cardboard folder which has some handwritten notes on one piece of cardboard (large)

A folder of reproductions of designs and production photographs for ballets, operas and plays designed by Nicholas Georgiadis, for an exhibition organised by the Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens, and Charles Spencer Theatre Gallery, London. The title page has a dedication 'For Deborah with love from N.Georgiadis'. No productions by Kenneth MacMillan are featured but there are designs and photographs for The Sleeping Beauty (Rudolf Nureyev production). (large)

Kenneth MacMillan created the three-act ballet Romeo and Juliet for The Royal Ballet which premiered on 9.2.1965 at the Royal Opera House, London, UK. The ballet was created on the young dancers Lynn Seymour and Christopher Gable but the first night was danced by Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev. The ballet has subsequently been performed by ballet companies all over the world. The material for the 1965 production by The Royal Ballet comprises:

1. Five typed pages, four of Cast Biographies (compiled from Shakespeare's play by Mary Miller) and one of the action of the entire story that takes place over four days. Undated
2. Three typed pages of Cast Biographies (Taken from the play by Mary Miller) with slight differences to the above. With Deborah handwritten in pencil top right of first page. Undated
3. 33 telegrams wishing good luck for the first night and congratulations on the success of the ballet. 8.2.1965 (1), 9.2.1965 (30), 10.2.1965 (1), 18.2.1965 (1)
4. One handwritten letter from Mary (Miller) to Kenneth MacMillan wishing him great success
5. One typed letter from Lord Drogheda, Chair of the Board of Directors at the Royal Opera House, to Kenneth MacMillan, complaining about two pieces in the Sunday Telegraph, praising Romeo and Juliet and suggesting possible composers for his next work including Benjamin Britten and Hans Werner Henze, 14.2.1965
6. One photocopy of a telegram from David Webster, General Administrator at the Royal Opera House, to Kenneth MacMillan reporting the unprecedented number of curtain calls for the second cast of Romeo and Juliet in New York, Christopher Gable and Lynn Seymour, 23.4.1965
7. Two typed letters from Tony and Julie (Andrews) in New York expressing their admiration, 23.4.1965
8. Handwritten notes by Kenneth MacMillan, with comments on an unknown Juliet's performance. On Northern Ballet Theatre stamped envelope, postmarked 20.1.1989
9. 10 black and white photocopies of costume designs with the character and dancers' names written on, and some handwritten notes from Kenneth MacMillan (large). The character of Romeo is to be danced by [Derek] Deane who danced the role in the 1970s
   Material for the 2010 production by the ballet company of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Italy, comprises:
10. 44 colour copies of costume designs by Odette Nicoletti
11. Eight colour copies of set designs by Mauro Carosi
12. A ring bound volume of plastic front cover, title page and 13 pages, showing the scenery and scene changes

1. Four typed pages of Mayerling - Costume Breakdown, giving a list of characters for each scene, design number and names of dancers, from Morgan Rendell, Wardrobe Master, 20 Oct 1977. With handwritten annotations by Kenneth MacMillan in purple felt tip pen
2. Three typed lists of names of the dancers in specific scenes. On the reverse of one page are handwritten lists by Kenneth MacMillan comparing the different dances in Manon and Mayerling
3. One photocopy of a typed page of provisional casting
4. Nine photocopies of typed pages of programme notes by Gillian Freeman, John Lanchbery and Edward Thorpe, one with a typed covering note from Peter Brownlee to Kenneth MacMillan, on Royal Opera House headed notepaper, 23 Jan 1978
5. One typed page of the list of characters for the programme
6. Four photocopies of typed pages of the list of characters and the synopsis for the programme
7. Nine pages of the proof-copy of the programme, with some notes typed in red on Edward Thorpe's programme note
8. One carte de visite photograph of the Emperor Franz Josef
9. One page of a handwritten letter to John(Tooley) from Kenneth MacMillan complaining that the first night of Mayerling is to be a Gala performance in the presence of The Queen Mother. With a typed reply from Claus Moser, Chairman of the Royal Opera House and apologising for not consulting Kenneth MacMillan about this decision, 15 Dec 1977
10. One handwritten list by Kenneth MacMillan listing four of his ballets and the number of performances (?). On the reverse of a telegram from Stuttgart Ballet giving permission for Concerto to be performed by The Royal Ballet
11. One typed receipt from Nicholas Georgiadis acknowledging receipt of payment for design of projected alterations for the January 1980 revival of Mayerling, signed
12. One typed letter from Anthony Russell Roberts, Administrative Director of The Royal Ballet, to Kenneth MacMillan about proposed changes to the design which would make the ballet easier to tour. 3 Apr 1986

In his third season as Artistic Associate, Kenneth MacMillan mounted a new production of the three-act ballet The Sleeping Beauty. The material in this folder comprises draft cast lists with annotations by Kenneth and Deborah MacMillan, correspondence with Nicholas Georgiadis, correspondence re conductors, cost comparisons and a draft budget, one issue of On Point, the magazine of the Friends of American Ballet Theater with an article on The Making of The Sleeping Beauty and one 1987 Special Edition Book on The Making of The Sleeping Beauty with articles and black and white photographs

Four photographs of the first performance of Noctambules by Sadler's Wells Ballet, and one photograph of Nadia Nerina, Kenneth MacMillan and Nicholas Georgiadis looking at Nerina's costume (large)

One colour transparency of a costume design by Nicholas Georgiadis for The Wife, 17 photographs of the first production of The Invitation including Lynn Seymour, Christopher Gable, Desmond Doyle and Anne Heaton, (one large) and one photograph of Kenneth MacMillan rehearsing Elizabeth Anderton and Desmond Doyle (large)