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London Weekend Television
RAD/2/MAC/7/16/7 · File · 1978-1992
Part of Kenneth MacMillan Archive Collection

London Weekend Television's the South Bank Show recorded a documentary of the making of Mayerling in 1978. The material in this file includes an invitation to a private supper hosted by LWT in the Crush Bar at the Royal Opera House after a performance of Mayerling, 13 Mar 1978, correspondence from Melvyn Bragg about Mayerling, it being the official entry for the Prix Italia, the possibility of working together on an Isadora project, 1979, of MacMillan creating a piece for television for Jane Torvill and Christopher Dean, ice dancers, 1984, from Michael Grade, Director of Programmes, re Mayerling, 1978, and Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd, 1980, from Rosie Alison, Associate Producer, re using some excerpts from MacMillan ballets for documentaries, 1992, and from Greg Dyke, Group Chief Executive, a proposed agreement for sales to overseas broadcasters, 1992

MacMillan, Kenneth