Text prepared by Brendon McCarthy for the Kenneth MacMillan Website, typed with some handwritten queries and notes by Deborah MacMillan. There are individual descriptions for each of Kenneth MacMillan's ballets, arranged chronologically, with some omissions. The date, venue, Company, cast and music are given for each work, together with whether a Benesh notation score exists. After the first two works, the designer is also included. The text describes the content and atmosphere of the ballets, together with details of critical reception, some reminiscences from dancers and others involved in the creation of the works.
Sans titreOne 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
Sans titreBow tie given to Kenneth MacMillan by Fischer Fine Art Ltd., London. The tie is designed by Katharina Frey, Vienna, and of patterned silk with cotton backing. The tie is in a card presentation box with perspex cover, with a handwritten covering note, signature illegible, on Fischer Fine Art Ltd letter head, but n.d.
Sans titreCompanies from Britain and around the world paid tribute to Kenneth MacMillan on the 10th anniversary of his death with revivals of his works, exhibitions and a conference
Sans titreLynn Wake created New Wave Ballet (1952-1962) as a tribute to Kenneth MacMillan. The film allowed Lynn Wake to interview many of the dancers who had significant roles in Kenneth MacMillan's early ballets and in his life in the 1950s and 1960s
Sans titreThe correspondence in this file relates to the filming of masterclasses of excerpts from some of Kenneth MacMillan's ballets. The correspondence from Lynne Wake is mostly to Deborah MacMillan, with notes of conversations with The Linbury Trust, Jeremy Isaacs and Kevin O'Hare. The correspondence mentions the filming that has been carried out and with whom.
The letter in this file from Lynne Wake to Deborah MacMillan is requesting permission to use film shot for the Kenneth MacMillan film projects in a different film restoration and interview project - [The Golden Age of The Royal Ballet], 31 Jul 2014
A typed draft of Sections 1 - 4
As part of the Royal Opera House's celebration of 40 years of its historic collections, exhibitions in the theatre included a tribute to Kenneth MacMillan on what would have been his 80th birthday. This printed leaflet details some of the items from ROH Collections that were included in the exhibition
Sans titreThe material in these files was created or collected by Jann Parry during research for her biography of Kenneth MacMillan, Different Drummer, commissioned by Deborah MacMillan, It includes her notes of conversations and taken from printed sources as well as several typed draft versions of the biography. There are transcripts of radio broadcasts and interviews by others
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