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Kenneth MacMillan became Director of The Royal Ballet in 1970 and mounted a new production of The Sleeping Beauty for the Company which had its premiere on 15.3.1973 at the Royal Opera House, London. The material comprises:

1. Five handwritten pages in unidentified handwriting, giving the cast for La Belle au Bois Dormant, Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet, incomplete and incorrect. In black biro, undated
2. A sheet of self-adhesive labels with two labels with handwritten notes by Kenneth MacMillan in pencil, undated
3. One photocopy of a sketch for a carnival character with writing top right of the sheet, by Peter Farmer (identified by Deborah MacMillan), undated
4. One page of fabric swatches stapled to the paper, with handwritten details of the fairies names, some casts and additional handwritten notes by Kenneth MacMillan
5. 11 greetings telegrams to Kenneth MacMillan for the first night, 15 and 16.3.1973

This file contains:

1. BOAC World Wide Route Maps, colour booklet
2. 'Gloria' Review, colour magazine for the Gloria hotel, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jan/Feb 1973
3. Invitation to the Club Monte Libano for supper in honour of The Royal Ballet, 24 Apr 1973
4. Letter of welcome from the Mayor of Belo Horizonte, Rio de Janeiro, with itinerary 6-8 Apr 1973
5. Notes prepared for The Royal Ballet
6. Details of the Social Programme, 16-30 Apr 1973

This file contains:

1. a leaflet for The Universal Studios Tour, n.d.
2. A list of addresses of the theatres and hotels in each venue, with some handwritten annotations
3. a menu for the British Airways flight from Los Angeles to London, n.d.

This file contains:

1. two tickets of ballet performances at the Metropolitan Opera, Lincoln Center, New York, 8 Jun and 17 Jun 1981
2. tour booklet issued by the Royal Opera House for The Royal Ballet North American Tour, giving detail practical information about the tour. With a 'Savoy' headed business card with Mr K MacMillan written on it. n.d.
3. A card with envelope from Joan Harris, n.d.
4. Notepad from Hotel Navarro on-the-Park with a very few handwritten notes , n.d.
5. Card with handwritten notes, n.d.
6. Printed cards and envelope for becoming a Friend of American Ballet Theatre
7. Invitation to meet Sir John and Anya Sainsbury before a performance at the New York State Theater, 14 Jun 1981
8. Invitation from Anthony Dowell and Antoinette Sibley to supper to celebrate their return to New York, n.d.
9. 4 x telephone messages
   10 A page from a notebook with handwritten notes
10. An interdepartmental communication giving instructions on what to do on arrival at airport
11. A letter, gala ball ticket, place cards and envelope,
12. Two good luck telegrams
13. Two interdepartmental communications giving details of interviews, 17 and 24 Jun 1981
14. The Royal Ballet weekly production schedule, 19 Jun 1981
15. Casting for Isadora plus schedule
16. 1981 Tour schedule for USA and Canada, 1981, with casts
17. Two menus and invitation, to supper in honour of HRH The Princess Margaret in Toronto
18. Miscellaneous receipts

A typed daily performance and travel schedule for the tour, with a covering typed note, 16 Apr - 20 Jun 1983

This file contains:

1. One interdepartmental communication giving details of the journalists travelling with the Company
2. Map of Japan
3. Four typed pages of the performance and travel schedule, 17 Apr - 25 May 1975
4. Brown paper envelope for room key for the New Otani Hotel and Tower, Tokyo
5. 10 typed pages of details for the tour, listing hotels, theatre, transport and restaurants, and also highlighting any potential issues

The Royal Opera House commissioned Nigel Gosling (Alexander Bland) to write a history of The Royal Ballet as part of the celebrations for the Company's 50th anniversary. This file contains a letter from Nigel Gosling to Kenneth MacMillan asking some specific questions, 21 Jan 1980, and a letter from Ken Davison enclosing pages from the book and asking for comments which has pencil notes by Deborah MacMillan on it expressing Kenneth MacMillan's concerns, 6 Feb 1980. The 35 pages of Gosling's text have some corrections by Ken Davison, and question marks in pencil and a couple of one word comments by Kenneth MacMillan in the margins

An invitation and programme for a performance by The Royal Ballet in the presence of The Prime Minister [Margaret Thatcher] and Mr Denis Thatcher at the British National Day at Expo 86 in Canada, 12 Jul 1986; a programme, three tickets and a menu card for Raise the Roof Ball at the Royal Opera House, organised by members of The Royal Ballet, 21 Dec 1987; an invitation and decorative folder for British National Day as part of World Expo 88 in Australia, 5 Aug 1988

This file contains correspondence from members of The Royal Ballet and Royal Opera House management and technical teams relating to the staging of his works by The Royal Ballet. It includes letters from David Webster, John Tooley, Ninette de Valois, Frederick Ashton, John Field, John Copley and Adrian Grater. There are two contracts from the Royal Opera House for Kenneth MacMillan to create a work and to mount Concerto for The Royal Ballet, Ninette de Valois talks about working in Turkey and on seeing the film of Romeo and Juliet, Frederick Ashton sends congratulations on Concerto, thanks for performing Scenes de Ballet in Berlin, casting for Song of the Earth. There is a strongly worded letter from Kenneth MacMillan to Ninette de Valois complaining about 'the disastrous performances of my ballets in Edinburgh', tendering his resignation and enclosing press cuttings, 24 Aug 1960