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1870:
David Octavius Hill, pioneering Scottish photographer, died. Born in 1802, Hill is often credited with being the first person to use photography as an aid to painting. Together with Robert Adamson he produced more than 1,500 photo-portraits of Scotland's great and good.
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English-language production of story by Brothers Grimm
A LIVE performance of an operatic adaptation of Hansel and Gretel is to be beamed to audiences in Edinburgh on New Year's day.
The New York Metropolitan Opera's performance of Engelbert Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel will be shown to an audience at the Cameo Cinema. The English-language production of the popular story by the Brothers Grimm is the second in the Met's annual series of special holiday presentations. Source: Edinburgh Evening News
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