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Production photographs of the first performance by The Royal Ballet Touring Company of The Burrow, 1958, with Anne Heaton, Donald Britton, Lynn Seymour, Donald MacLeary and others (large),

Two photographs of the set designs by James Goddard, three rehearsal photographs (one large) and three production photographs (one large)

This file contains:

1. BOAC World Wide Route Maps, colour booklet
2. 'Gloria' Review, colour magazine for the Gloria hotel, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jan/Feb 1973
3. Invitation to the Club Monte Libano for supper in honour of The Royal Ballet, 24 Apr 1973
4. Letter of welcome from the Mayor of Belo Horizonte, Rio de Janeiro, with itinerary 6-8 Apr 1973
5. Notes prepared for The Royal Ballet
6. Details of the Social Programme, 16-30 Apr 1973

This file contains:

1. a leaflet for The Universal Studios Tour, n.d.
2. A list of addresses of the theatres and hotels in each venue, with some handwritten annotations
3. a menu for the British Airways flight from Los Angeles to London, n.d.

This file contains:

1. two tickets of ballet performances at the Metropolitan Opera, Lincoln Center, New York, 8 Jun and 17 Jun 1981
2. tour booklet issued by the Royal Opera House for The Royal Ballet North American Tour, giving detail practical information about the tour. With a 'Savoy' headed business card with Mr K MacMillan written on it. n.d.
3. A card with envelope from Joan Harris, n.d.
4. Notepad from Hotel Navarro on-the-Park with a very few handwritten notes , n.d.
5. Card with handwritten notes, n.d.
6. Printed cards and envelope for becoming a Friend of American Ballet Theatre
7. Invitation to meet Sir John and Anya Sainsbury before a performance at the New York State Theater, 14 Jun 1981
8. Invitation from Anthony Dowell and Antoinette Sibley to supper to celebrate their return to New York, n.d.
9. 4 x telephone messages
   10 A page from a notebook with handwritten notes
10. An interdepartmental communication giving instructions on what to do on arrival at airport
11. A letter, gala ball ticket, place cards and envelope,
12. Two good luck telegrams
13. Two interdepartmental communications giving details of interviews, 17 and 24 Jun 1981
14. The Royal Ballet weekly production schedule, 19 Jun 1981
15. Casting for Isadora plus schedule
16. 1981 Tour schedule for USA and Canada, 1981, with casts
17. Two menus and invitation, to supper in honour of HRH The Princess Margaret in Toronto
18. Miscellaneous receipts

This file contains

1. one card wallet from Pall Mall Travel enclosing tickets for the QEII sailing from Southampton to New York, a postcard and embarkation notice, and an invoice from the Royal Opera House for travel costs
2. Daily programmes for activities on board, 22 - 26 May 1972
3. Passenger list for the sailing from New York to Southampton. The list includes Mr Kenneth MacMillan and Miss Deborah Williams
4. A luggage sticker for Deborah Williams, 8 Jun 1972
5. Nine menus for meals on board the Paquebot 'France', Transatlantique French Line sailing from New York to Southampton, one for breakfast, one each for lunch on 8 and 12 Jun, and for lunch and dinner on 9, 10 and 11 Jun 1972, including the Captain's Dinner on 11 Jun. Large with coloured illustration on front cover

A typed daily performance and travel schedule for the tour, with a covering typed note, 16 Apr - 20 Jun 1983

This file contains:

1. One interdepartmental communication giving details of the journalists travelling with the Company
2. Map of Japan
3. Four typed pages of the performance and travel schedule, 17 Apr - 25 May 1975
4. Brown paper envelope for room key for the New Otani Hotel and Tower, Tokyo
5. 10 typed pages of details for the tour, listing hotels, theatre, transport and restaurants, and also highlighting any potential issues

The Royal Opera House commissioned Nigel Gosling (Alexander Bland) to write a history of The Royal Ballet as part of the celebrations for the Company's 50th anniversary. This file contains a letter from Nigel Gosling to Kenneth MacMillan asking some specific questions, 21 Jan 1980, and a letter from Ken Davison enclosing pages from the book and asking for comments which has pencil notes by Deborah MacMillan on it expressing Kenneth MacMillan's concerns, 6 Feb 1980. The 35 pages of Gosling's text have some corrections by Ken Davison, and question marks in pencil and a couple of one word comments by Kenneth MacMillan in the margins

Kenneth MacMillan had been a pupil at the Sadler's Wells, later The Royal Ballet School from 1945 to 1946.
The material in this file comprises a handwritten letter from Sherilyn Kennedy and the Concerto cast, thanking him for letting them perform his ballet, letters from Directors Michael Wood, James Monahan, Merle Park and Norman Morrice. There is an invitation to a Garden Party at White Lodge to celebrate the 80th birthday of Ninette de Valois, n.d but 1978, and a three page Director's Report to the Governors of The Royal Ballet, 30 Mar 1981