The article pays tribute to Phyllis Bedells following her 90th birthday and discusses the Phyllis Bedells Bursary competition
With PB's handwritten corrections, covering note from Jennie, and reference to Dance & Dancers articles for photographs.
Obituary from The Stage (20 May 1985) and The Daily Telegraph (03 May 1985) (2 copies), plus an article titled 'Ballerina Memorial' from the Hampstead and Highgate Express (20 September 1985)
Transcript of tape recorded interview with PB by Dale Harris, August 26th 1976. Includes Bedells' handwritten corrections and is complete with Donor statement dated 6th May 1979, and covering letter, dated May 18, 1979.
Order of service programme
The archive contains a variety of materials – programmes, press cuttings and photographs – which provide a comprehensive record of Bedells’ professional dancing career as well as some personal papers and correspondence relating to her work for the RAD and teaching activities. The complete manuscript of her autobiography, My Dancing Days (1954), is housed alongside several other interview transcripts and scripts for radio programmes or magazine articles presenting a very detailed profile of her life and career.
Bedells, Phyllis