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Letter by Frederick Ashton, from 1956, to Barry Kay, stage and costume designer, intent on making a career in the United Kingdom. Ashton offers to meet Kay for an interview and present his portfolio, promising to help where he can. As a result of this meeting Kay is recommended to choreographer Peter Darrell; Darrell and Kay collaborate on 'The Prisoners', performed at Dartington Festival, Devon, 1957.


Barry Kay
never designed for
Frederick Ashton -
the latter, however,
is believed to have
introduced Kay to
the choreographer
Peter Darrell,
with whom he first
collaborated in 1957,
providing scenery
and costumes for
The Prisoners


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Letter by the British Council, from 1956, to Australian-born Barry Kay, stage and costume designer, intent on making a career in the United Kingdom. The Council's note reads '...we shall be very pleased to do anything we can to help you...'. As a result Kay exhibits on several occasions at the British Council, locally and internationally; the Council also acquires some of his designs, which have been handed over to the theatre collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, in 1978, when the Council dissolved its arts collection.


Barry Kay
exhibited at
The British Council
on several occasions,
locally as well
as internationally;
Kay's designs
acquired by the Council
were handed over
to the theatre
collection of the
Victoria & Albert Museum
when the Council
dissolved its arts
collection in 1978


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