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Letter of Colonel Wassily de Basil written to Sono Osato and Roman Jasinski

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Title
Letter of Colonel Wassily de Basil written to Sono Osato and Roman Jasinski
Subject
Art--Australia
Theater--Australia
French letters
French language--Writing
Correspondence
Category
3. World War I
Author
Basil, Wassily de (Vasily Grigorievich Voskresensky)
Current holder
National Library of Australia
Date
1939
Link
https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/4770497
Series number
MS Acc10.007
Item number
4770497
Access rights
Request at location
Rights
Copyright Undetermined. Available for research. Not for loan.
Country of origin
England
Place
London
Language
French
Description from source
0.03 m. (1 folder)

Manuscript letter comprising two pages. Written prior to 22 October 1939 in London, the letter from Colonel W. de Basil to Sono Osato and Roman Jasinsky ("Jasha") advises of arrangements for the Australian tour of the Ballets Russes for 30 weeks. De Basil came to Australia to oversee the visit by the Original Ballet Russe on a tour that began in 1939 and continued into 1940. Two other tours by the Russian Ballet companies, those by the Monte Carlo Russian Ballet in 1936-1937, and the Covent Garden Russian Ballet, 1938-1939, were directly related to his entrepreneurial activities although de Basil did not tour to Australia with these companies.
Physical format
Manuscripts
Letters
Correspondence
Related resources
https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/5040219
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