Three rehearsal and five production photographs, five photographs with Kenneth Rowell in the Paint Frame at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, working on the backcloth, and one outside the door to the Paint Frame
MacMillan, KennethLe Baiser de la fee (MacMillan)
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Kenneth MacMillan created a new version of his 1960 ballet Le Baiser de la fee for The Royal Ballet which premiered on 8 May 1986 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. The material comprises:
- Cast list handwritten by Kenneth MacMillan in blue felt pen, giving names of roles with dancers, some alternative names added in pencil. Also gives the number of costumes for each role
- Typed list of dancers in the 1985/86 Season at The Royal Ballet, listed under Principals, Soloists, Coryphees and Artists, with pencil markings by Kenneth MacMillan
- Typed cast list for Baiser de la fee with alternative casts
- Handwritten letter from Norman Morrice, Artistic Director of The Royal Ballet, to Kenneth MacMillan, wishing him 'everything good for tonight's programme and special success for the new Baiser!' 8 May 1986
- Handwritten good luck letter from Anthony Russell Roberts, Administrative Director of The Royal Ballet, praising his 'very imaginative choice of designer', 8 May 1986
- Good luck telegram from Misha [Mikhail Baryshnikov] and Charles [Dillingham], New York, 7 May 1986
- Good luck telegram from Charles Dillingham, New York, 7 May 1986, 'Best Wishes From All of Us for a Great Opening Night. Come Home Soon.'
- Double page spread from the programme for the first performance of this version by The Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House of Le Baiser de la fee, on a triple bill of MacMillan ballets. Includes quotations from works by G.K.Chesterton on Fairy Tales
- Page torn from the programme with notes by Nicholas Dromgoole on Le Baiser de la fee, hit or myth? On the reverse are programme notes by Clement Crisp on Anastasia and Concerto, the two other MacMillan works on the triple bill
- Three colour and 12 black and white copies of costume designs with the character and dancers' names
- Three pages each with two polaroid photographs of the Model Set and handwritten details and instructions
- One page with two colour schemes attached, with handwritten notes
Kenneth MacMillan created the one-act ballet Le Baiser de la fee for The Royal Ballet which premiered on 12 Apr 1960 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. The material comprises:
- A handwritten letter from Ninette de Valois with some suggestions for improvements, particularly to the Svetlana Beriosova role as the fairy. Undated
- Telegram from Leo Lerman in New York to Kenneth MacMillan at the King's Theatre, Glasgow. 'Baiser Marvelous as Ever', 29 Sep 1960
Piano reduction of the revised 1950 version of the score by Igor Stravinsky for Le Baiser de la fee, published by Boosey and Hawkes, New Edition copyright 1954, New York, USA, B & H 17561, and stamped Property of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Ltd. The score is bound in red buckram and embossed on front cover with The Fairy's Kiss, Strawinsky (sic) in gold coloured lettering
There are pencil markings on pages 50-60, the Adagio (Le Jeune Homme et sa Fiancee), giving the counts/beats and some cues for Lyn (sic) (Seymour) and others