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Kenneth MacMillan created the one-act ballet Metaboles for the Paris Opera Ballet which premiered on 23 Nov 1978 at the Theatre de l'Opera de Paris, Paris. The material consists of one page of handwritten notes by Kenneth MacMillan, giving the style and emotion on the five movements of the ballet, and the quote that inspired the ballet

The dinner was held at Claridge's Hotel on Sunday 16th December, 1956. Menu card signed by Bedells.

Report on the memorial service including the contribution by Phyllis Bedells and a photo.

Second of four notebooks containing the handwritten memoirs of Phyllis Bedells

These typed and hand-written pages of notes and drafts for Kenneth MacMillan's memoirs cover his early life experiences and impressions. Many descriptions and incidents are repeated. There are some notes on scrap paper listing synonyms and experimenting with words and phrases. The pages were organised by Jann Parry during research for her commissioned biography of Kenneth MacMillan and these groupings have been retained together with her hand written headings and descriptions where they appear. Groupings are as follows with Jann Parry's titles in inverted commas:

1. Title page and eight pages of some of the handwritten pages, first page retyped with slightly amended layout
2. Eight handwritten pages covering his parents' meeting and marriage, and his early life. Pages are numbered in pencil 1-8
3. Four pages, handwritten on 6 sides. 'Early Erotic Experiences'. Pages are numbered in red ink with KEEP written in red ink on the reverse of page 2
4. Seven handwritten pages. 'Announcement of War. Parents' Lovemaking'
5. 22 handwritten pages about his sisters, 'Jean and Betty'
6. Eight handwritten pages. 'Cinema. Great Yarmouth', details his early interest in cinema and how it affected his relationships
7. 17 handwritten pages. 'Jean notes. Drafts of family story'
8. 16 handwritten pages. 'Father's death'. Details visit to his father's deathbed in hospital, attitude to doctors, inability to show emotion
9. One handwritten page about his father's attitude to doctors
10. 32 pages of notes, some on scrap paper, an envelope, three pages of a Concorde notebook, a letter. 'Scraps/Drafts' with many repetitions, lists of synonyms and experimenting with words and phrases