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Kenneth MacMillan created the one-act ballet Song of the Earth for the Stuttgart Ballet which premiered on 7.11.1965 in Stuttgart. The material in this file comprises

1. Two photocopied pages giving the cast and understudies for the revival by The Royal Ballet in the 1983/84 season
2. Four photocopied pages of page proofs for the Royal Opera House programme, 24.2.1984, with programme notes and cast
3. Two photocopied pages, as item 1, with handwritten notes by Kenneth MacMillan for the cast for a later revival by The Royal Ballet, with a sheet of lined paper with some numbers and three names handwritten by Kenneth MacMillan
4. Four pages torn from a programme, possibly for the first performance by Birmingham Royal Ballet in 1997, with programme notes and photographs of performances by the Stuttgart Ballet and The Royal Ballet

Kenneth MacMillan created the one-act ballet Somnambulism for the Sadler's Wells Choreographic Group which premiered on 1.2.1953 at Sadler's Wells Theatre. The material comprises one greetings telegram to Kenneth MacMillan from Frank..., dated 21.1.1953

Kenneth MacMillan created the one-act ballet Solitaire for Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet which premiered on 5 Jun 1956 at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London. Lorna Mossford was a dancer with the Vic-Wells, later Sadler's Wells and Royal Ballet companies. She became Ballet Mistress to Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet and staged Solitaire when it was performed by the Stuttgart Ballet in 1961. This notebook gives detailed verbal and visual descriptions of the ballet, with some dancers' first names given. Solitaire Property of Lorna Mossford is written on the cover in black biro. In black biro, graphite and red pencil, n.d.

In 1986 Kenneth MacMillan and Partner engaged Simon Williams of Williams Niblett, an Australian firm of solicitors, to manage the licence agreement for Song of the Earth with The Australian Ballet. This file contains the correspondence between the three parties

Michael Oliver moved to California, USA in 1984 where he continued to work on negotiations on behalf of Kenneth MacMillan and Partner with American organisations. Correspondence in these files covers negotiations with Houston Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, and a proposed film of Phantom of the Opera.
The firms Michael Oliver worked for include Finley, Kumble, Wagner, Hein et al, 1987-1990 (including the Firm's bankruptcy), Shea & Gold, 1988-1989, Myerson & Kuhm, 1989, and Cooper & Dempsey, 1990

In 1978, Kenneth MacMillan and Partner created a new company, Shreeve Services Ltd, to manage work overseas