Imperial Dancer
Page 43
42. Bobrov, ‘Zhemchuzhina’; Bohanov, Romanovy, 214
43. New York Times, 2.6.28; Perry and Pleshakov, 264
44. Private information
Chapter Fifteen
1. Gregory, Heroic Harlequin, 20
2. Kyasht, 226
3. Information from Beryl Morina
4. Unidentified Russian newspaper advertisement, 1930. Mariia Vrangel collection. Hoover Institution archives, box 34, folder 5
5. Danilova, 71
6. Haskell, Diaghilev, 239
7. Haskell, Balletomania, 329; O’Connor, ‘Portrait of an Era’
8. Matilda Malya, video
9. 28 December 1929. Kschessinsky letters, NYPL
10. 28 December 1929 & 18 June 1930. Kschessinsky letters, NYPL
11. Money, 393
12. Gregory, Heroic Harlequin, 20
13. Sophie Dupré website
14. 19 June 1932. Kschessinsky letters, NYPL
15. Menuhin, A Glimpse of Olympus, 97; Menuhin archives
16. 9 July 1933. Kschessinsky letters, NYPL
17. Fonteyn, 71
18. Interview with Beryl Morina; Menuhin, A Glimpse of Olympus, 95–6
19. Fort Worth Weekly on-line, 14 June 2001
20. Studiia Kseshinskoi, unattributed 1930 press cutting. Mariia Vrangel Collection. Hoover Institution archives, box 34, folder 5
21. Perry and Pleshakov, 295–7
22. Perry and Pleshakov, 300–1; Bobrov, ‘Posledniya Doch…’
23. Perry and Pleshakov, 304, 310
24. Perry and Pleshakov, 305, 310
25. Sophie Dupré website; Matilda Malya video; 20 July & 18 August 1934. Kschessinky letters, NYPL; information from Irina Klyagin
26. Bobrov and Kirikov, 123
27. Messerer, unpublished memoirs; Bobrov and Kirikov, 123
28. Messerer, unpublished memoirs
29. Menuhin archives
30. Menuhin archives
31. Vospominaniia, 369; Menuhin archives; interview with Beryl Morina
32. Menuhin archives
33. Fonteyn, 73
34. Menuhin archives
35. Interview with Mme Marina von Isenberg
36. Interview with Mme Marina von Isenberg; Perry and Pleshakov, 273, 276
37. Gray, 146, 159, 163; Ilyustrirovannany Rossiya, Paris. 1 August 1931. LRA MS 1363–123. Brotherton Archive, Leeds
38. DIP, 236; Menuhin archives
39. DIP, 238
40. Menuhin archives
41. Daily Sketch, 14.7.36
42. Sunday Graphic & Sunday News, 19.7.36
43. The Observer, 19.7.36
44. Quoted in Bentley, 22
45. Fonteyn, 60; Bentley, 34
46. Bentley, 37
47. Birmingham Gazette, 16.7.36
48. Programme. Royal Opera House. Tuesday 14.7.36
49. Daily Herald; The Times; Evening News, 15.7.36; Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News, 24.7.36
50. Daily Sketch, 15.7.36
51. Atticus in The Sunday Times, 27.5.51
52. The Observer, 19.7.36
53. DIP, 239
54. 30 May 1936. Kschessinsky letters, NYPL
55. The Observer, 19.7.36
56. Sophie Dupré website; Menuhin archives
57. Lady Rose McLaren to Beryl Morina, 21 June 2003. By kind permission
58. Interview with Beryl Morina
59. Interview with Beryl Morina
60. Interview with Barbara Gregory; Interview with Beryl Morina; Matilda Malya, video
61. Fonteyn, 74
62. Interview with Beryl Morina; Morina, 141
63. Information from Georgia Hiden & Dr Stephen de Angelis; Fonteyn, 74
64. Information from Georgia Hiden & Dr Stephen de Angelis; Interview with Beryl Morina
65. Sophie Dupré website
66. Sophie Dupré website; Bobrov, ‘Posledniya Doch’
67. 1 April 1937. Kschessinsky letters, NYPL
68. 24 February 1939. MK to Georgia Hiden. NYPL. French
Chapter Sixteen
1. 3 September 1939. By kind permission of Beryl Morina
2. Menuhin archives
3. Menuhin archives; Sophie Dupré website
4. Menuhin archives
5. 8 February 1940. By kind permission of Beryl Morina
6. Tatler, 6.3.40
7. 14 April 1940. MK to Felia Doubrovska. NYPL
8. Lifar, My Life, 212, 174
9. Lifar, My Life, 213
10. Perry and Pleshakov, 314
11. Perry and Pleshakov, 310, 314–15
12. 3 August 1945. MK to Felia Doubrovska. NYPL
13. 29 November 1938 & 18 March 1939. Kschessinsky letters, NYPL; Sophie Dupré website
14. Sophie Dupré website
15. 15 September 1946. MK to Felia Doubrovska, NYPL; Lifar, My Life, 209
16. Crawford, 30
17. DIP, 248
18. 3 August 1945. MK to Felia Doubrovska, NYPL
19. Van der Kiste and Hall, Once a Grand Duchess, 220
20. 3 August 1945. MK to Felia Doubrovska. NYPL
21. Menuhin archives
22. Menuhin, A Glimpse of Olympus, 260–1
23. Sophie Dupré website; private information
24. Menuhin archives
25. Menuhin archives
26. 4 April 1945. Andrei to Felia Doubrovska, NYPL
27. 20 July 1945. Andrei to Felia Doubrovska, NYPL
28. 4 April 1945. Andrei to Felia Doubrovska, NYPL
29. DIP, 251
Chapter Seventeen
Part of this chapter is based on information from letters held in the Rothschild Collection at the Harvard Theatre Collection, and on letters from the late Lady Menuhin’s archives.
1. 3 August 1945. MK to Felia Doubrovska. NYPL
2. Menuhin archives
3. 16 June 1946. Mathilde to Rothschild, Harvard; Menuhin archives
4. 3 August 1945. MK to Felia Doubrovska, NYPL
5. Beryl Morina to Lady Rose McLaren. 25 June 2003. By kind permission
6. 15 September 1946. MK to Felia Doubrovska, NYPL
7. Baron de Redé, unpublished memoirs
8. 15 September 1946. MK to Felia Doubrovska, NYPL
9. 21 April 1947. MK to Felia Doubrovska, NYPL; Interview with Beryl Morina
10. Massie, Nicholas and Alexandra, 346
11. Menuhin archives; interview with Barbara Gregory
12. Interview with Beryl Morina
13. 27 February 1947. MK to Felia Doubrovska, NYPL
14. 15 September 1946. MK to Felia Doubrovska, NYPL
15. 21 April 1947. MK to Felia Doubrovska. NYPL
16. 1 October 1947. Andrei to Beryl Morina; Sophie Dupré website
17. 15 November 1947. MK to Felia Doubrovska. NYPL
18. 30 April 1948. MK to Felia Doubrovska. NYPL
19. 30 April 1948. MK to Felia Doubrovska. NYPL
20. 11 August 1949. MK to Felia Doubrovska. NYPL
21. 1 January 1951. MK to Felia Doubrovska. NYPL
22. 11 August 1949. MK to Felia Doubrovska. NYPL
23. 13 September 1948. Sablin Collection, Brotherton Archive, Leeds
24. Leonida, 135
25. 10 August 1950. Infanta Eulalia to Don Alfonso. Montpensier
26. 21 August 1950. Infanta Eulalia to Don Alfonso. Montpensier
27. Chuparron, ‘Liubovnitsa Poslednego…’, 9 August 1948. Infanta Eulalia to Don Alfonso. Montpensier
28. 16 December 1951. MK to Felia Doubrovska. NYPL
29. Gregory, Heroic Harlequin, 18
30. Interview with Barbara Gregory; Gregory, Heroic Harlequin, 19
31. Gregory, Heroic Harlequin, 19, 20; Harrison, ‘Dancing Princess’
32. Gregory, Heroic Harlequin, 33
33. Gregory, ‘Ageless Princess’
34. Gregory, Heroic Harlequin, 33; Glasgow Bulletin, 25.5.51
35. Atticus, Sunday Times, 27.5.51
36. Gregory, ‘Ageless Pr
incess’; Gregory, Heroic Harlequin, 35
37. Gregory, Heroic Harlequin, 35, 37
38. Interview with Beryl Morina
39. Lady Rose McLaren to Beryl Morina. 21 June 2003. By kind permission
40. Karsavina, ‘The First Russian Aurora’
41. Evening Standard, 24.5.51
42. 16 December 1951. MK to Felia Doubrovska. NYPL; The Stage, 31.5.51; private information
43. Gregory, Heroic Harlequin, 37
44. 16 December 1951. MK to Felia Doubrovska. NYPL
45. 1 January 1951. MK to Felia Doubrovska NYPL
46. Interview with Carol Relf
47. 16 December 1951. MK to Felia Doubrovska, NYPL
48. 16 January 1952. Andrei to Rothschild. Harvard
49. 30 June 1952. MK to Felia Doubrovska. NYPL
50. 21 May 1953. MK to Felia Doubrovska. NYPL
51. 25 December 1952. MK to Felia Doubrovska. NYPL
52. Chuparron, ‘Liubovnitsa Poslednego…’; private information
53. Perry and Pleshakov, 340; Chavchavadze, 243
54. Undated note. Andrei to Felia Doubrovska, NYPL; private information
55. Kyasht, 226; The Day, Ukraine, 27.3.2001; information from Barbara Gregory; 9 & 16 April 1962. MK to Felia Doubrovska NYPL
56. Evening News and Evening Standard, 24.5.54
57. Gregory, ‘Ageless Princess’; Gregory, Heroic Harlequin, 50–51; Gregory, Days with Ted, 314
58. Gregory, Heroic Harlequin, 52; Gregory, Days with Ted, 314–5
59. 3 June 1954. Andrei to Felia Doubrovska, NYPL
60. Gregory, Heroic Harlequin, 52; 3 June 1954, Andrei to Felia Doubrovska NYPL
61. Leonida, 217; information from Georgia Hiden
62. Perry and Pleshakov, 339; 5 February 1959. MK to Nadezhda Sablina. Sablin Collection, Brotherton Archive, Leeds
63. New Year 1957. Vova to Felia Doubrovska, NYPL
64. 25 February 1957. MK to Felia Doubrovska, NYPL
65. New Year 1957. Vova to Felia Doubrovska, NYPL
66. 25 February 1957. MK to Felia Doubrovska, NYPL
67. 25 February 1957. MK to Felia Doubrovska, NYPL
68. 25 February 1957. MK to Felia Doubrovska, NYPL
69. DIP, 272
70. 25 February 1957. MK to Felia Doubrovska, NYPL
71. New Year 1957. Vova to Felia Doubrovska, NYPL
Chapter Eighteen
This chapter is based on information from letters held in the Rothschild Collection at the Harvard Theatre Collection, and on letters from the late Lady Menuhin’s archives.
1. Letter to Tchaikovsky Museum, 31 May 1959, in Bobrov and Kirikov, 125
2. Bobrov and Kirikov, 125
3. 4 November 1957. MK to Felia Doubrovska, NYPL
4. 15 September 1960. MK to Felia Doubrovska, NYPL
5. 4 November 1957. MK to Felia Doubrovska, NYPL
6. Bobrov and Kirikov, 127
7. 5 February 1959. MK to Nadezhda Sablina. Sablin Collection, Brotherton Archive, Leeds
8. 15 September 1960. MK to Felia Doubrovska. NYPL
9. Information from Irina Klyagin
10. 19 February 1961. MK to Nadezhda Sablina. Sablin Collection, Brotherton Archive, Leeds
11. Private information
12. 15 September 1960. MK to Felia Doubrovska. NYPL
13. O’Connor, ‘Portrait of an Era’
14. Information from Irina Klyagin
15. 25 January 1961. MK to Felia Doubrovska, NYPL
16. 27 September 1961. MK to Felia Doubrovska, NYPL
17. Interview with Mme Marina von Isenberg
18. 7 September 1962. MK to Rothschild. Harvard. French
19. 9 & 16 April 1962. MK to Felia Doubrovska, NYPL
20. Bobrov, ‘Posledniya Doch…’
21. Matilda Malya, video; St Petersburg Times, 13 July 2001
22. 3 March 1963. Mathilde to R.V. Selby, First National City Bank, New York. Harvard
23. 5 April 1965. Mathilde to Rothschild. Harvard
24. Fonteyn, 269–70
25. 31 May 1966. MK to Georgia Hiden. NYPL; Matilda Malya, video
26. 29 July 1966. Vova to Rothschild, Harvard
27. Information from James Munson
28. 15 March 1966. Yuri Bakhrushkin to Felia Doubrovska, Bakhrushkin Collection, NYPL
29. 21 July 1966. Hastings to Vova. Harvard
30. ‘Celebration for Kschessinska’, Dancing Times, December 1966
31. 2 November 1966. MK to Georgia Hiden. French. NYPL
32. October 1966. Vova to Rothschild. Harvard (no date)
33. October 1966. Copy letter, Hastings to Vova. Harvard (no date)
34. 25 December 1966. MK to Rothschild. Harvard
35. 17 May 1967. MK to Georgia Hiden. NYPL. French
36. Massie, Nicholas and Alexandra, 503
37. Kurth, Anastasia, 356
38. Kurth, Anastasia, 367–8, 365
39. Gray, 187
40. Private information
41. Kurth, Anastasia, 369
42. Saint-Pierre, 594
43. Kurth, Anastasia, 433, n. 15; Saint-Pierre, 594
44. 1 February 1969. Vova to Rothschild. Harvard
45. 17 July 1966. MK to Rothschild. Harvard
46. 4 & 21 February 1969. MK to Georgia Hiden. NYPL
47. 3 May 1970. Vova to Rothschild. Harvard
48. 20 August 1968. Vova to Rothschild. Harvard
49. 6 December 1970. Vova to Rothschild. Harvard
50. Communication from Mme Natalia Makarova
51. Dancing Times, June 1971
52. Matilda Malya, video; Scholl
53. 1 September 1971. Vova to Rothschild. Harvard
54. 28 November 1971. Vova to Rothschild, Harvard
55. 6 December 1971. Vova to Rothschild. Harvard
56. Sunday Telegraph dance column, 12.12.71
57. Obituary, New York Times, 9.12.71
58. Obituary, Dancing Times, January 1972
59. 11 August 1949. MK to Felia Doubrovska. NYPL
60. 13 December 1971. Vova to Rothschild. Harvard
Postscript
Part of this chapter is based on information from letters in the late Lady Menuhin’s archives.
1. 17 January 1972. Vova to Georgia Hiden. NYPL
2. Private information
3. 11 August & 23 December 1972, 20 January 1973. Vova to Georgia Hiden. NYPL
4. 23 December 1972. Vova to Georgia Hiden. NYPL
5. Private information
6. Matilda Malya, video
7. Bobrov and Kirikov, 131–4
8. de Angelis
9. Bobrov and Kirikov, 151–2
10. Daily Telegraph, 13.7.2001
11. Daily Telegraph, 13.7.2001
12. Daily Telegraph, 16.7.2001; Russian Horizon, vol. 2, no. 2
13. Varenik, Dacha, 40
14. Varenik, Dacha, 40–2
15. de Angelis
16. Varenik, Dacha, 43–4
17. Varenik, Dacha, 6
18. Scholl; Information from Irina Klyagin
19. Haskell, Diaghilev, 240
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