Snape Maltings of the Britten-Pears Library. Snape Maltings Snape Maltings is an arts complex on the banks of the River Alde at Snape, Suffolk, England. It is best known for its concert hall, which is one of the main sites of the annual Aldeburgh Festival. The original purpose of the Maltings was the malting of barley for the brewing of beer; local barley, once malted, was sent from here to London and exported to mainland Europe. Today a collection of shops, galleries, restaurants and the Concert Hall fill the old buildings. The Alde Estuary is known for wildlife and river trips. Newson
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 1948 Theatre also housed productions. A list (incomplete) of participating productions includes: The most historically significant press notice that the event attracted was that of playwright and journalist Robert Kemp in the Edinburgh Evening News on 14 August 1948: 'Round the fringe of official Festival drama, there seems to be more private enterprise than before ... I am afraid some of us are not going to be at home during the evenings!' This is considered to be the origin of the phrase "fringe" to describe the event, and, by extension, fringe theatre in general. Edinburgh Festival Fringe 1948 The 1948 Edinburgh