of the official festival. In nineteen fifty-eight, the performers formed a Fringe Society to organize their event and provide tickets and programs.

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The central aim of the Festival Fringe Society was not to have a selection process deciding who could or could not take part.

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There are fringe events in Britain, Canada,Australia, the Czech Republic and Singapore, just to name a few of the more than eighty examples.

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