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Margot Fonteyn
A cancelled British passport, issued on 22nd August, 1955, for five years, with a black and white photograph of bearer [Margot Fonteyn] -- 2¾x2in. (7x5cm.) and signatures in both her maiden name and stage name in black ink Margaret E. Hookham, K/A Margot Fonteyn, the bearer's personal details similarly completed in black ink in Fonteyn's hand: Profession: Ballerina, Place and date of birth: Reigate, Surrey, 18-5-19 Residence: London Height: 5ft. 4in. Colour of eyes: Brown, Colour of hair: Dark Brown, the thirty-two pages with numerous consulate and immigration stamps recording Fonteyn's frequent trips abroad at this productive period in her career and personal life, including:
- 29th May 1951 - entry stamp and earlier visa for Greece - Fonteyn's first trip to Greece on holiday with American choreographer, Ruth Page, her husband, Tom Fisher and Frederick Ashton soon after Ashton's creation of Daphnis and Chloë
- 28th September 1952 - entry stamp and earlier visa stamp for Germany for a performance at the Stadätische Oper International Festival in Berlin where she danced in Giselle and Daphnis and Chloë
- 27th May 1954 - entry stamp and earlier visa stamp for Yugoslavia, for a series of guest appearances with the Yugoslav National Ballet in Le Lac des Cygnes with Michael Somes
- 27th June 1954 - entry stamp and earlier visa stamp for Spain, for a performance at the Granada Festival where she performed Ashton's new solo L'Entrée Japonaise [See lot 163]
- 4th January 1951 - 21st January 1955 - several American visa stamps
- 8th February 1955 - entry stamp for Nassau, Bahamas, for Fonteyn's honeymoon with Dr. Roberto Arias whom she married two days earlier
A cancelled British passport, issued on 22nd August, 1955, for five years, with a black and white photograph of bearer [Margot Fonteyn] -- 2¾x2in. (7x5cm.) and signatures in both her maiden name and stage name in black ink Margaret E. Hookham, K/A Margot Fonteyn, the bearer's personal details similarly completed in black ink in Fonteyn's hand: Profession: Ballerina, Place and date of birth: Reigate, Surrey, 18-5-19 Residence: London Height: 5ft. 4in. Colour of eyes: Brown, Colour of hair: Dark Brown, the thirty-two pages with numerous consulate and immigration stamps recording Fonteyn's frequent trips abroad at this productive period in her career and personal life, including:
- 29th May 1951 - entry stamp and earlier visa for Greece - Fonteyn's first trip to Greece on holiday with American choreographer, Ruth Page, her husband, Tom Fisher and Frederick Ashton soon after Ashton's creation of Daphnis and Chloë
- 28th September 1952 - entry stamp and earlier visa stamp for Germany for a performance at the Stadätische Oper International Festival in Berlin where she danced in Giselle and Daphnis and Chloë
- 27th May 1954 - entry stamp and earlier visa stamp for Yugoslavia, for a series of guest appearances with the Yugoslav National Ballet in Le Lac des Cygnes with Michael Somes
- 27th June 1954 - entry stamp and earlier visa stamp for Spain, for a performance at the Granada Festival where she performed Ashton's new solo L'Entrée Japonaise [See lot 163]
- 4th January 1951 - 21st January 1955 - several American visa stamps
- 8th February 1955 - entry stamp for Nassau, Bahamas, for Fonteyn's honeymoon with Dr. Roberto Arias whom she married two days earlier
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