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Kenneth MacMillan created this one-act ballet for The Royal Ballet which received its premiere at the Royal Opera House on 13 Mar 1980. The ballet was performed in New York as part of The Royal Ballet's 50th anniversary season in 1981. The material comprises:

1. Post card from Wendy Ellis wishing Kenneth MacMillan good luck and thanking him for a marvellous part, 13 Mar 1980
2. Post card from Jill Bennett congratulating Kenneth MacMillan on Gloria, with envelope postmarked 18 Mar 1980
3. Nine telegrams wishing Kenneth MacMillan good luck, including from Frederick Ashton, John Tooley, Norman Morris, John and Anya Sainsbury, friends and colleagues at the Royal Opera House, 12 and 13 Mar 1980
4. 12 letters to Kenneth MacMillan expressing appreciation and admiration of Gloria after the first night at the Royal Opera House, including from Joan Lawson, Lois Hainsworth, Royal Academy of Dancing, Richard Ralph, Principal London School of Contemporary Dance, Robin Howard, Director General Contemporary Dance Trust, Norman Morrice, Artistic Director The Royal Ballet, Claus Moser, Chairman of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Anya Sainsbury, John Tooley, General Director Royal Opera House, Mark Bonham Carter, Chairman of Ballet Subcommittee of the Royal Opera House, and Peter Snow, March 1980
5. Letter from Philip Semark, Executive Vice President Foundation for the Joffrey Ballet, following the performance at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, with envelope. 9 Jul 1981

The material in this folder consists of correspondence from members of the cast and artistic administration at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, and with agents and members of the public. There is also some reference material relating to August Strindberg. The material comprises

1. Five handwritten letters, three with envelopes, one handwritten postcard and one typed list from Jill Bennett to Kenneth MacMillan, Mar - Nov 1983 and n.d. One handwritten postcard from Robert Hardy to Jill Bennett which she has forwarded to Kenneth MacMillan, n.d.
2. Three handwritten letters, two with envelopes, from Edward Fox to Kenneth MacMillan, Apr and Jun 1983 and n.d.
3. Two handwritten postcards, two typed letters, one with envelope, from Michael Meyer to Kenneth MacMillan. One letter encloses Michael Meyer's programme note Strindberg and The Dance of Death
4. Copies of correspondence from Saraband Associates and Fraser and Dunlop Ltd, copied to Kenneth MacMillan, re the use of Michael Meyer's adaptation of The Dance of Death, Nov 1982-Mar 1983. Two pages of carbon copy and 10 fax pages, two compliments slips and one typed note
5. One typed letter from Casper Wrede, Resident Artistic Director, to Kenneth MacMillan, 9 Nov 1983
6. One handwritten letter from Michael Elliott, Artistic Director, to Kenneth MacMillan, 6 Nov 1983
7. One handwritten letter from Helen [McMurray] to Kenneth MacMillan, on Granada TV Ltd headed notepaper, 21 Oct 1983
8. One typed letter of praise to Kenneth MacMillan, signature illegible, n.d.
9. One handwritten copy of a letter from Kenneth MacMillan to Miss Alexander confirming that all roles in the play have been filled, 17 Jul 1983
10. One typed letter from Robert Lantz, New York, re recent meeting and possibility of working together in the future, 7.6.1983
11. One typed list of possible actors and their agents, from Saraband Associates, 16.5.1983
12. One handwritten postcard from Adrian Mitchell, postmarked 5.5.1983, and one handwritten postcard from Ted Hardwicke (? signature not clearly legible), with envelope, 11.5.1983
13. One typed letter from Fraser and Dunlop Ltd with two black and white photographs of possible actors for the children in the play, 23.3.1983
14. One copy of a typed letter from the Finance Manager of the Royal Exchange Theatre to Saraband Associates re Kenneth MacMillan's contract, 15.3.1983
15. One image of a danse macabre
16. Photocopy of an article Strindberg and the Danse Macabre by Walter Johnson, from Modern Drama (May 1960), five pages
17. Photocopies of The Turning Point, uncredited and undated, five pages