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Oshawa Times (1958-), 29 Apr 1963, p. 8

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ae OE eee | 2 73 ee es ee teen wwwerseene soe ig . : ' : : L > , ale ae Sa oT oe --- Sel oe oO coal = = . DRAMA IBSEN: When We Bead Awaken IONESCO: The Ceremony (Briush premiere) LAWLER: The Unshaven Cheek (World Premiére) SHAW: St Joan RODDY MacMILLAN: All in Good Faith MARTIN WALSER: The Rabbit Race _--e premiére) ~ DRAMA CONFERENCE Prominent playwrights, actors, directors and others will come from many countries to discuss their approach to the theatre and the future. LATE-NIGHT SHOWS "Set Them Reeling," with Annie Ross, Robin Hall and Jimmy MacGregor'and Jimmy Shand and his Band. SCOTTISH CONCERTS A Gaelic concert and a Ceilidh and a Scottish Concert with Kenneth McKellar and Jimmy Shand. ' Recital of Scottish Poetry and Music. FESTIVAL GUILD Founded in March 1961, the Edinburgh Festival Guild is an association of friends of the Festival. Membership (minimum subscription $3 a year) is open to all. The finale of the 1962 Edinburgh Military Tattoo 2 MILITARY TATTOO Presented by searchlight on: the Esplanade of Edinburgh Castle, the Tattoo will feature pipers and drummers of famous' Scottish Regiments, Massed Military Bands and Highland Dancing. There will also be displays by the RAM.C. and Fire Brigade, Breton pipers: from the naval air base near Brest and the pipers and drummers of the Ist Battalion Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles. More than 700 servicemen on parade in the finale, with Edinburgh Castle as a floodlit " backcloth." TICKETS For further information about the Festival, ask British Travel Association, 151 Bloor Street West, Toronto, or 661 Howe Street, Vancouver, or any office of Thos. Cook & Son, Ltd., or American Express Co. Inc., or any other travel" Order tickets'through Thos Cook & Son, Ltd., American Express Co. Inc., or other travel agents, or write. to: 'Edinburgh Festival Society, 11 Cambridge Street, Edinburgh, 1. « ART EXHIBITIONS A double exhibition of works by MODIGLIANI and SOUTINE Music and Dance in Indian Art The Earl of Harewood, Artistic Director of the | Edinburgh Internationat Festivat The Capital of Scotland, the city of Edinburgh, is the greatest star of its own Festival. The magnificence of Princes Street with the historic Castle high on its rock towering over the scene, remains in the memory for many years. ' : The Castle and the Palace of Holyroodhouse, which is the Queen's official residence in Edinburgh, are only two of the magnets which attract thousands of visitors each year. The famous Floral Clock, the Scott Monument, Princes Street Gardens are other attractions. And while the visitor can spend weeks exploring Edinburgh itself, the city is also a first-class touring centre, with the Scott Country, Loch Lomond, the Trossachs and the Central Highlands all within easy reach. Stuttgart State Theatre Ballet ORCHESTRAS ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, Covent Garden LONDON SYMPHONY B.B.C. SYMPHONY CONCERTGEBOUW B.B.C. SCOTTISH ' SCOTTISH NATIONAL BOURNEMOUTH SYMPHONY SOLTI, PRITCHARD, DAVIS, conduct muste of BERLIOZ and with SZELL, KERTESZ, HAITINK, MAAZEL, and FERENCSIK music ot DA Dd! yk STB A Va CHAMBER CONCERTS There will be chamber concerts by STERN-ROSE-ISTOMIN TRIO THE EDINBURGH PLAYERS HURWITZ CHAMBER ENSEMBLE PHILOMUSICA INDON (Conductor: George" Malcolm) AMADEUS STRING QUARTET EDINBURGH STRING QUARTET TATRAI STRING QUARTET JULIAN BREAM CONSORTS Soloists include Larry Adler, Benjamin Britten, Heinz Holliger, Ella Lee, George Malcolm, Yehudi and Hephzibah Menuhin, John Ogdon and Brenda Lucas, Peter Pears, Mihaly Szekely, David Ward. BALLET MARTHA GRAHAM The first visit to Great Britain since 1954 of Martha Graham and her Dance Company, whose inventions have brought a new standard of seriousness and beauty to the dance in this BUDAPEST OPERA AND BALLET in Bartok Triple Bill: Prince Bluebeard's Castle The Wooden Prince The Miraculous Mandarin STUTTGART STATE THEATRE BALLET For the past two years this leading German company has been under the direction of John _ Cranko, well known as choreographer for the Royal Ballet. The Company of forty members contains no fewer than twenty different. OPERA » SAN CARLO OPERA, Naples Verdi: Luisa Miller Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur Donizetti: Don Pasquale ENGLISH OPERA GROUP Britten: Rape of Lucretia Beggar's Opera FILM FESTIVAL More than 150 films from 40 countries wii be \screened. The theme this year is "The Film and Drama." Conference: " What is a Television Film? ° For information and tickets write Film House, 2 Randolph Crescent, Edinburgh, 3. FESTIVAL CLUB During the Festival the Assembly Rooms ané Music Hall are transformed into a Festival Club with licensed restaurant, snack-bar, lounges. The building itself is worth seeing for it was here that Sir Walter Scott first admitted authorship of the Waverley Novels. Three-weekly, weekly and daily membership ig available to all visitors. ACCOMMODATION There is no_ difficulty in obtaining accommodation in Edinburgh during the Festival. All you have to do is write to: The Edinburgh Accommodation Burean, 11 Cambridge Street, Edinburgh, 1 Even when hotels are fully booked, excellent accommodation is available in hundreds of hospitable private homes at very modest cost. No one has ever had to stay away from Edinburgh because of lack of accommodation. bai INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL 1963 August 18 - September 7 Already the greatest event of its kind in the world, the Edinburgh International Festival will this year be better than ever. For his third Festival, the Earl of Harewood as Artistic Director has engaged many of the world's finest artists, and has produced the largest and most varied programme of concerts, operas, plays and recitals to be seen anywhere, Each -- there will be six or soven different events to choose from with artists drawn from Britain, Germany, France, the United States, Italy, Hungary and many other countries. Packed into three. weeks at Edinburgh will be performances by as many famous artists as could be seen only in six months of world travel. NEXT YEAR'S FESTIVAL The Eighteenth International Festival 'will he held from August 16 to September 5, 1964 'This announcement was produced by The Scotsman Publications Limited in collaboration with the Scottish Tourist Board.

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