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'I'm glad mum's story is kept alive': Archive preserves legacy of first Edinburgh International Festival performer

Elizabeth Charters was the very first performer on stage at the inaugural Edinburgh International Festival performance in 1947

'I'm glad mum's story is kept alive': Archive preserves legacy of first Edinburgh International Festival performer

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