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Photographs of the model sets designed by Nicholas Georgiadis for Mayerling, one colour and 32 black and white production photographs

Three rehearsal and five production photographs, five photographs with Kenneth Rowell in the Paint Frame at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, working on the backcloth, and one outside the door to the Paint Frame

One colour transparency of the model set designed by Barry Kay for Act I, eight black and white photographs of the original production of Anastasia and later revivals, one portrait of Georgina Parkinson as The Tsarina (large, mounted on card)

Typed and printed material recording the Service of Thanksgiving for the Life and Work of Sir Kenneth MacMillan held at Westminster Abbey, London on 17 Feb 1993, comprising

1. Four press cuttings: from The Times 21 Dec 1992 announcing the date of the service of thanksgiving and details of how to apply for tickets with two names and a phone number handwritten by Deborah MacMillan, from The Times and The Daily Telegraph 18 Feb 1993 Court Circular and Memorial Service, giving details of who attended, from The Observer 21 Feb 1993 with anecdote given by Nicholas Hytner during his address
2. Two tickets for admission to the North Lantern and two parking tickets with instructions for parking and display of the tickets
3. Two copies of the programme for the Service of Thanksgiving
4. One copy each of Pegasus, the poem read by Lynn Seymour with covering note from Deborah MacMillan to Peter Brownlee at The Royal Ballet, typed copy of Ninette de Valois' tribute with annotations by Deborah MacMillan and covering letter from Helen Quinnell, secretary to Dame Ninette, typed copy of Peter Wright's address with minor changes by him in pencil and biro, and typed copy of Nicholas Hytner's address with minor changes by him in black felt pen and annotation by Deborah MacMillan

Five photographs of the first performance of Solitaire by Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet in 1956, with Margaret Hill and Donald MacLeary, and seven photographs of the first performance by The Royal Ballet in 1957 with Anya Linden. One photograph of Lynn Seymour (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

Two typed letters from Karin Altmann, Nielsen-Ferns Inc., about a film she is making on Lynn Seymour and asking for Kenneth MacMillan's participation. There is a copy of the treatment for the film plus the budget, May - June 1978

The material in this file comprises

1. Letter from Lynn Seymour to Kenneth MacMillan apologising for leaving for New York where she has the opportunity to work with Stanley Williams. She looks forward to coming back in full form to work on his 'divine 'ballet'. Undated but presumably written while with MacMillan and the Deutsche Opera Ballet in Berlin
2. Typed letter on Intendanz der Bayerischen Staatsoper headed note paper from Lynn, as Director of the Ballet Company in Munich, to Kenneth, about the possibility of mounting his Anastasia in 1979, 1 Dec 1978
3. One page handwritten letter sending write ups (not included) and reporting their triumph but unclear where and with what company, undated
4. Colour postcard of the interior of the Cuvillies Theatre, Munich from Lynn to Kenneth hoping that he will create something for the ballet company, undated
5. Compliments slip from Dominic Photography with handwritten note from Zoe Dominic to Lynn, explaining that this was the picture that was in the Sunday Times that won the hear of the Art Editor, photo not included, undated

Lynn Seymour was a dancer with The Royal Ballet and a muse for many of Kenneth MacMillan's earlier ballets. She went with him when he became Director of the Deutsche Opera Ballet in Berlin where she had a relationship with fellow dancer Eike Walcz

Kenneth MacMillan was asked by Studio Vista publishers to write a foreword to Lynn Seymour: A Photographic Study. This file contains Kenneth MacMillan's foreward typed by Clement Crisp, with amendments by Crisp, together with a covering typed letter to Kenneth MacMillan from Clement Crisp, signed Claryce Klimt, 27 Mar [1980], and a typed letter from Studio Vista enclosing a copy of the Foreword on three pieces of photocopy, 30 May 1980