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Two typed letters from Robin Gibson, Curator, 20th Century Department:

1. asking if Kenneth MacMillan would be happy for the National Portrait Gallery to commission a portrait of him from Yolanda Sonnabend, 29 May 1987
2. inviting Kenneth MacMillan to the unveiling of the portrait at the Gallery, 26 Jun 1992

The material in this file consists predominantly of notes and correspondence relating to the first night, with a small amount of material in response to the opening night. Kenneth MacMillan's concept for the ballet changed significantly during the rehearsal process causing the set and costumes to be simplified. This is reflected in some of the material which comprises:

1. Two pages of handwritten notes by Kenneth MacMillan on yellow interdepartmental communication paper. The notes lists dancers' names and the music for different episodes with page references. Undated
2. Two page handwritten letter from Yolanda Sonnabend to Kenneth MacMillan with 'thoughts after yesterday's meeting with John [B.Read], discussing lighting and the positioning and use of the bath. Pen and ink. Undated
3. Handwritten note from Yolanda Sonnabend to Kenneth MacMillan about make up for the dancers. In pencil on yellow inter departmental communication paper. Undated
4. Typed letter from Anthony Russell-Roberts, Administrative Assisant, The Royal Ballet, to Kenneth MacMillan re rehearsal schedule. On Royal Opera House headed notepaper, 10 Oct 1983
5. Typed cast list with alternative casts, 1984/85 February
6. Typed preliminary Props List, 14 Feb 1984
7. Photocopy of music note by Paul Griffiths for the programme with covering letter to Kenneth MacMillan and photocopied inter departmental communication requesting comments. Sent by Janet Jempson, Publications department at the Royal Opera House, 30 Jan 1984. The top page has a handwritten note 'Kenneth the Music Note for "------". P.B. [Peter Brownlee] suggesting that it was sent a second time to Kenneth MacMillan
8. Typed letter from John McMurray, Publications Editor at the Royal Opera House, to Kenneth MacMillan enclosing a copy of Michael Patterson's note on Buchner and Woyzeck, requesting comments. 7 Feb 1984. With photocopy of the note attached
9. Page proof of the cast list for the programme for the first performance of Different Drummer
10. Handwritten letter from Catherine Ashmore, photographer, to Kenneth MacMillan, expressing her disappointment at not being able to take the rehearsal pictures of his new ballet and thanking him for offering her the opportunity. 14 Feb 1984
11. Press cutting from Londoner's Diary in The Standard newspaper, 24 Feb 1984, reporting on the simplification of set and costumes for the ballet and suggesting a waste of funds, with photocopy of response from John Tooley, General Director of the Royal Opera House, 27 Feb 1984
12. Typed letter from John C Botts, Managing Director of Citicorp International Group, to Kenneth MacMillan, thanking him for allowing the company to participate in supporting the creation of his new ballet, 27 Feb 1984
13. Typed letter from Peter Brownlee to Kenneth MacMillan giving details of who to thank for sponsoring the ballet and the party, 27 Feb 1984
14. Typed idc from Anthony Russell-Roberts asking if 'Our President', [HRH the Princess Margaret] could sit in on a rehearsal, 3 Jan 1984

This file includes reference materials, pre-production correspondence and some post-production material. It comprises:

1. Three typed pages of biography and two b/w photographs of two ballroom dancers, Peter Maxwell and Vicki Regan
2. Photocopies of reference images of America in the 1920s, plus one page about Kuhle Wampe oder Wem Gehort die Welt? the film worked on by Bertolt Brecht, Germany 1931.
3. One page typed letter from Helen McMurray to Kenneth MacMillan, researcher, enclosing the Auden translation and a plain prose crib from Berlitz Translations, 20.8.1982
4. One handwritten and two typed letters from Helen McMurray to Kenneth MacMillan, enclosing handwritten rehearsal schedule 22.9.1982, timings and some press cuttings 25.11.1982 and draft submission to Equity re Lesley Browne 26.11.1982
5. One typed letter from Steve Hawes, Producer, to Kenneth MacMillan, enclosing information on what was happening in Germany and to the Brechts in the months leading up to the first performance of the Seven Deadlies in Paris, 26.1.1983
6. One handwritten letter from Christopher Logue to Kenneth MacMillan, enclosing copies of correspondence with Granada Television re Logue's commission to prepare a new translation of The Seven Deadly Sins, with a photocopy of his translation of the Prologue, 2.6.1983
7. One typed letter from Steve Hawes to Kenneth MacMillan with photocopy of biography of Kenneth MacMillan for ITV's Handbook, 13.6.1983
8. One typed letter from Denis Forman, Chairman of Granada Television, 22.6.1983
9. Photocopies of six pages of script with 15 pages of printed music and a covering note from Steve Hawes, asking for Kenneth MacMillan's opinion, undated
10. One handwritten letter from Helen McMurray to Kenneth MacMillan enclosing photocopies of press reviews June 1983-April 1984, letter dated 1.5.1984
11. Eight page soft-back booklet with extending covers produced by Granada Television, containing colour reproductions of some of the costume designs by Yolanda Sonnabend, cast list and production credits, brief background and selected biographies, with a handwritten compliments slip from Helen McMurray, undated
12. One handwritten postcard from Michael Leonard (surname illegible) congratulating Kenneth MacMillan on the new work, undated