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Edinburgh Festival

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Edinburgh Festival

International festival of the arts, with an emphasis on music and drama. Founded in 1947 by Rudolf Bing, it is held for three weeks each summer. Its theatrical offerings include plays by major international theatrical companies; plays premiered at the festival include T.S. Eliot's The Cocktail Party (1949) and Thornton Wilder's The Matchmaker (1954). The adjunct Edinburgh Fringe attracts amateur theatre groups and has launched works such as Beyond the Fringe (1960) and Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1966). Musically, the Festival offers concerts, recitals, and operas by international companies, orchestras, and soloists.


Edinburgh Festival
internationally famous arts celebration since 1947. [Music Hist.: Thompson, 617]

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