Burton's Hamlet
24th August 1953: Welsh film and stage actor Richard Burton (1925 - 1984) takes the lead in the Old Vic production of Shakespeare's 'Hamlet', at the Assembly Hall, Edinburgh, during the Festival of Music and Drama. The Edinburgh Festival of Music and Drama began in 1947 and is held annually for three weeks in August. Various other festivals are held at the same time in the city to take advantage of the large number of visitors in the area and the most famous of these is the Edinburgh Fringe. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
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24 August, 1953
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