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Kenneth MacMillan created the one-act ballet Playground for Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet which premiered on 24.8.1979 in the Big Top at the Edinburgh International Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland. The material comprises:

1. Carbon copies of two sheets giving provisional casting, 30.4.1979 P.Wright, 3.5.1979 Kenneth MacMillan
2. Handwritten good luck note from John Drummond, Festival Director, to Kenneth MacMillan, undated
   3.Two good luck telegrams, from Norman (Morrice) and Michael Oliver to Kenneth MacMillan, for first performance at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, 5.9.1979
3. One typed letter from Mrs E.Swift to Kenneth MacMillan complaining about the ballet, 5.9.1979, and a handwritten (draft) reply from Kenneth MacMillan to Mrs Swift, 23.9.1979

Kenneth MacMillan directed three plays for the theatre between 1982 and 1984. He continued to pursue the idea of directing further plays for the stage as reflected in the correspondence in some of these files

Kenneth MacMillan directed three plays for the theatre between 1982 and 1984, two in London and one in Manchester. The files contain copies of the scripts, his thoughts on the plays and their characters as well as correspondence, production and marketing material

One typed letter from Robert Satanowski, Director of the Polish Ballet, inviting Kenneth MacMillan to crate a work as part of the celebrations of the bicentenary of the Company

Photograph of a charcoal portrait of Kenneth MacMillan, head and shoulders, full face, original signed Roboz

One postcard of a painting by Lancret, two photographs of unidentified drawings/paintings, one colour illustration of an unidentified painting, one colour polaroid of an unidentified image in a frame, five postcards of scenes in Portugal

Handwritten postcard from Maine, Florida, not very happy but sends best wishes, postmarked 6.1.1984

Handwritten postcard from Salt Lake City where she is watching the National Champions on Ice Dance as she is coaching one of the members of the Olympic Team, postmarked 18.1.1984

One handwritten letter from Patrick Morris to Kenneth MacMillan enclosing his recent composition Post-Industrial Music and asking if he would be interested in using it. With 38 pages of photocopies of his autograph manuscript, dated 1983 and 1984, and an audio cassette recording. The cassette is attached to a sheet of paper with sellotape