B、 in 1947 A group oF FAmous pEoplE From thE Art worlD hEADED By AnAustriAn ConDuCtor DECiDED to holD An intErnAtionAl FEstivAl oF musiC, DAnCE AnD thEAtrE inEDinBurgh. thE iDEA wAs to rEunitEEuropE AFtEr thE sEConD worlD wAr. At thE sAmE timE, thE “FringE” AppEArED As A ChAllEngE to thE oFFiCiAl FEstivAl.Eight thEAtrE groups turnED up uninvitED in 1947,in thE BEliEF thAt EvEryonE shoulD hAvE thE right to pErForm, AnD thEy DiD so in A puBliC housE DisusED For yEArs.soon, groups oF stuDEnts Firstly FromEDinBurgh univErsity, AnD lAtEr From thE univErsitiEs oF oxForD AnDCAmBriDgE,DurhAm AnDBirminghAm wErE mAking thE journEy to thE sCottish CApitAl EACh summEr to pErForm thEAtrE By littlE-known writErs oF plAys in smAll ChurCh hAlls to thE pEoplE oFEDinBurgh.toDAy thE “FringE”, onCE lEss rECognizED, hAs FAr outgrown thE FEstivAl with ArounD 1,500 pErFormAnCEs oF thEAtrE, musiC AnD DAnCE on EvEry onE oF thE 21 DAys it lAsts.AnD yEArs EArly As 1959,with only 19 thEAtrE groups pErForming, somE sAiD it wAs gEtting too Big.
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