3 sound tape reels (4 hours, 12 min.) : 1 7/8 in. per sec. ; (5 in.)
Note
Interviewed by David Vaughan Jan. 15 and 19, 1978.
Polyester.
For transcript of interview, see *MGZMT 5-411.
Contents
SUMMARY: Margaret Dale discusses her early childhood and dance training; her audition and training in the Sadler's Wells Ballet; her impressions of Olga Preobrazhenskaia, Ninette de Valois, Frederick Ashton and Lillian Baylis; the mounting of Sleeping beauty for the Royal Ballet; the war years and touring with the Royal Ballet; her involvement with the BBC; Ashton and De Valois as choreographers and company administrators; a discussion of ballets in the past and current repertory.
