Shakespeare put it best when he wrote that 'all the world's a stage' - even if the legendary bard wasn't referring specifically to the parks of Scotland's capital city.
In 1937, as part of Edinburgh's coronation celebrations to mark the accession to the throne of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, an open-air theatre was opened at Braidburn Valley Park.
Workmen dug out terraces for tiered seating on one side of the park, while a grass stage area and sunken orchestra pit was created on the opposite side of the Braid Burn and framed by a row of trees. Viewed from above, the entire amphitheatre was made in the shape of the Royal Crown.
