This file includes letters from Beryl Grey, Hans Werner Henze, Margaret Hill, Tamara Karsavina, Monica Mason and others. There is a gossipy typed letter from Nigel and Maud Gosling at the time of Kenneth MacMillan's heart attack in Berlin, on The Observer headed notepaper, 23 May 1969
Sans titreThis file includes letters from dancer Bonnie Moore, actor Jon Pertwee, author and researcher at the BBC Robert Penman, dancer and company director Marie Rambert, designers Peter Snow, Yolanda Sonnabend and Ian Spurling, Kenneth MacMillan's ballet teacher Joan Thomas, and from Peter Wright
Sans titreBirthday, Christmas and general greetings cards and postcards from friends including dancers Nina Anianashvili, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Nora Kay and Herbert Ross, designer Nicholas Georgiadis, and Bob Lockyer and Bamber Gascoigne
Birthday, Christmas and general greetings cards and postcards, and one telegram from friends including The Royal Ballet dancers, Stuttgart Ballet, dancers Natalia Makarova, Merle Park and Brenda Last, actor Roger Rees, Cameron Mackintosh, Edward Thorp and Gillian Freeman
Sans titreBirthday, Christmas and general greetings cards and postcards from unidentified senders
Sans titreThis file contains invitations to performances, private views and receptions. It includes invitations to the world premiere of Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty's Theatre in the Haymarket, London, England, to exhibitions of theatre designs by Nicholas Georgiadis and Yolanda Sonnabend, and art exhibitions of work by Deborah MacMillan and Maggi Hambling. There are invitations to receptions including the Annual Dinner of the Royal Academy of Arts, at the Edinburgh Festival, at Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle, at Mansion House in the City of London, the opening of the National Theatre, an evening at the National Gallery Sainsbury Wing, and for the wedding of HRH the Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer in 1981
Sans titreIn 1988 Kenneth MacMillan was hospitalised with a heart issue while on tour with The Royal Ballet in Australia. This file contains cards and letters of support and good wishes from family and friends. It includes a hand drawn get well card by his daughter, Charlotte
Sans titreSisters Doris C and Heather McDonald were regular visitors to the ballet and corresponded regularly with Kenneth MacMillan. The letters here offer criticism of Kenneth MacMillan's ballets Sideshow, Triad, The Poltroon, Mayerling, Gloria and Orpheus, as well as reports on other ballets and general news. The letters are all written and signed by Doris C McDonald, the cards have Heather's name in as well. There is a card on the occasion of the wedding of Kenneth and Deborah's wedding
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