Another generation passed, MacMillan died in 1992, and Isadora remained gratefully forgotten by many who loved his other works. Until, that is, the Royal Ballet announced last spring, their intention to resurrect Isadora, cut to half its original length and totally restaged by MacMillan's widow, Lady Deborah MacMillan. "I don't want you to think I came in willy-nilly," MacMillan says, sitting at the large kitchen table in her south London home. "Monica [Mason, the Royal Ballet's artistic director] thought it would be worth reviving, and I thought it was worth reviving. I did live with him for 22 years, and he did discuss things every night in this very kitchen. He wasn't happy with it. I've stuck to the original substructure as much as I can, and gone for the things that he spoke about as meaning most to him.