Crowds at the 2009 Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Crowds at the top of the Royal Mile during the 2009 Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland. The Edinburgh festival began as a post war initiative to reunite Europe through culture. At that time 8 uninvited theatre companies turned up and fended for themselves. A critic the following year dubbed the gatecrashers' enterprise - the fringe of the official festival drama - and the name and spirit of the fringe was born. Deacon Brodie's Tavern - It is said that Deacon Brodie (28 September 1741 - 1 October 1788) inspired Robert Louis Stevenson to write the famous classic Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde. By day William Brodie, or more commonly known as Deacon Brodie was a Scottish cabinet-maker, deacon of the trades guild and Edinburgh city councillor, who maintained a secret life as a burglar, partly for the thrill, and partly to fund his gambling. He was found guilty by trial and hanged at the Toolbooth in Edinburgh.
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Location: Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland
Photo credit: © PictureScotland / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: arts, brodie, crowds, deacon, district, edinburgh, europe, festival, fringe, lawnmarket, scotland, scottish, tavern, tourism, tourists, uk, visitors
