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One colour photograph of Song of the Earth, one framed colour photograph of Solitaire [possibly the Hong Kong Ballet] in presentation box with Mikimoto International in gold letter on lid, one colour photograph of the cast of Anastasia on stage, one black and white photocopy of a photograph of Lynn Seymour and Frank Frey in Swan Lake with the Deutsche Oper Ballet, 1969, one black and white photograph possibly of Belinda Hatley and the Royal Ballet School in The Four Seasons on tour in Russia, and one black and white production photograph taken in Germany

This file of correspondence contains letters to and from Kenneth MacMillan during his time as Ballet Director of the Deutsche Oper Berlin but is not primarily related to his work there. It includes letters from Ballet Directors of other Companies requesting works and some more personal correspondence. It includes letters from Frederick Ashton, Fleming Flindt, Erik Bruhn, Sona Arova, Vera Volkova, Nora Kaye, Peter Darrell, Joan Thring re MacMillan creating a ballet for Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev and mentioning the RAD Gala for 1969, Margaret Dale, and an invitation to the memorial service for Aenne Pfusch-Schenck von Trapp. It includes letters from the Royal Danish Ballet, the Royal Swedish Ballet, Norwegian Ballet, the Varna International Ballet Competition, Great Yarmouth Music Club, the British Broadcasting Corporation, Joffrey Ballet, Ballet Nacional de Santiago, Chile, Teatro Colon Buenos Aires, Argentina, Queensland Ballet Company and Western Theatre Ballet

One handwritten letter from Brenda Last, Artistic Director of the Norwegian National Ballet, asking if Kenneth MacMillan could create or mount an existing work on the Company, possibly Solitaire, 13 Oct 1971, signed Birdie

Five photographs of the first performance of Solitaire by Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet in 1956, with Margaret Hill and Donald MacLeary, and seven photographs of the first performance by The Royal Ballet in 1957 with Anya Linden. One photograph of Lynn Seymour (large)

This file contains:

1. Typed letter from Douglas F Weare, Hon. Business Manager of The Vic-Wells Dance, thanking Kenneth MacMillan for his performance as Captain Belaye in the Ballet-Cabaret at the 1953 Vic-Wells Ball, 17 Feb 1953
   2.Typed letter from Sadler's Wells Theatre enclosing a cheque for royalties for performances of Danses concertantes in 1955, 8 Mar 1955
2. Envelope from Denis de Marney, photographer, with handwritten note from Denis, enclosing photographs of Danses concertantes, 12 May 1955 (no photographs enclosed at time of cataloguing)
3. Typed letter from Sadler's Wells Trust Ltd re agreement and payments for House of Birds, 25 May 1955
4. Typed letter from John Field, on Sadler's Wells Theatre headed notepaper, to Kenneth MacMillan. Discusses Valse eccentrique, Danses concertantes, Solitaire and MacMillan's concern about Theatre Ballet retaining the work, and House of Birds. Mentions meeting with Nicholas Georgiadis. 15 Apr 1957

Kenneth MacMillan created the one-act ballet Solitaire for Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet which premiered on 5 Jun 1956 at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London. Lorna Mossford was a dancer with the Vic-Wells, later Sadler's Wells and Royal Ballet companies. She became Ballet Mistress to Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet and staged Solitaire when it was performed by the Stuttgart Ballet in 1961. This notebook gives detailed verbal and visual descriptions of the ballet, with some dancers' first names given. Solitaire Property of Lorna Mossford is written on the cover in black biro. In black biro, graphite and red pencil, n.d.

One typed letter from Betty Oliphant, Director and Principal of The National Ballet School, Toronto, thanking Kenneth MacMillan for allowing them to perform Solitaire as part of the 20th Anniversary Performance, 15 Mar 1979

One digital print of Solitaire, c.1960, three photographs of Concerto and three of Pavane