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IT is one of Edinburgh's most historic and unspoilt bars, which for decades has lured in politicians, lawyers, business owners and journalists.
Now the Jinglin' Geordie watering hole, on Fleshmarket Close, is to get a starring role at the world's biggest arts festival - hosting a play about the demise of traditional pubs.
One of the most intimate performances at this year's Fringe will unfold within the close confines of the pub, which is hidden off the Royal Mile, shortly after it opens to the public.
A Liverpool-based theatre company chose the Jinglin' Geordie for the show after examining a number of potential sites in the heart of the Capital suitable for "a play about a pub, in the pub."
Audiences are being promised "a glimpse of the...