File 46 - Song of the Earth

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RAD/2/MAC/3/1/46

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Song of the Earth

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  • 1983-1984, undated (Creation)

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Eight pages of photocopies, one page of lined paper with handwritten notes, four pages torn from a printed programme

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(1929-12-11 - 1992-10-29)

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Kenneth MacMillan created the one-act ballet Song of the Earth for the Stuttgart Ballet which premiered on 7.11.1965 in Stuttgart. The material in this file comprises

  1. Two photocopied pages giving the cast and understudies for the revival by The Royal Ballet in the 1983/84 season
  2. Four photocopied pages of page proofs for the Royal Opera House programme, 24.2.1984, with programme notes and cast
  3. Two photocopied pages, as item 1, with handwritten notes by Kenneth MacMillan for the cast for a later revival by The Royal Ballet, with a sheet of lined paper with some numbers and three names handwritten by Kenneth MacMillan
  4. Four pages torn from a programme, possibly for the first performance by Birmingham Royal Ballet in 1997, with programme notes and photographs of performances by the Stuttgart Ballet and The Royal Ballet

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