OFF: A request for some UK library research assistance

[strobridge jill]

I think it will need a visit to London - but there's a Hawkwind gig
there in February.......   I'll have a look when I go down if you
haven't found the answers you need by then.

According to this link it looks like Time Out presented all its back
copies to the Museum of London in 2009
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/article/910091/time-donates-archive-material-museum-london
I had a quick look at the Museum's online catalogue but can't see
anything useful for 1988 - still if you sent them an email the Museum
might be willing to help.

Otherwise I'm sure you have tried all the following:

When you Google < London Performances 1988 > you end up with an
interesting list of links including one to a zillion images which
might or might not be of any use.

Also:
Here is a list of gigs:
http://www.raysgigs.com/gigs.php?year=1988

And these are various award lists from that date:
http://www.westendtheatre.com/4590/awards/olivier-awards-1988/
http://www.westendtheatre.com/11974/awards/tony-awards-1988/
http://www.westendtheatre.com/11781/awards/evening-standard-theatre-awards-1988/

 cheers
Jill


On 23 December 2013 13:07, Ben Cohen <ben at tmk.com> wrote:
> Hello, all,
>
> This is completely off-topic. I need some help with a little research on
> something for a personal project. This will, I believe, probably just involve
> 10-20 minutes in a library somewhere (probably anywhere?) in the UK.
>
> Specifically, I'm trying to find a list of the shows (plays, musicals - that
> sort of thing) that were on-stage in London in November and December, 1988. My
> initial thought for how to get that was to take a look at some archived
> newspapers to look at performance listings from a few weeks back then.
> However, the newspaper archives seem to only be available (free) from
> libraries in the UK. Otherwise, they're rather expensive to get individual
> issues.
>
> Is there, perhaps, anyone on that side of the pond who might be willing to
> take a run to a library for me (or, for that matter, if you've got any other
> way to find it)?
>
> By way of verifying said list of shows - it should definitely include "A Walk
> in the Woods", staring Alec Guinness, and another one (title uncertain) that
> was a Sherlock Holmes play.
>
> Oh, and if, indeed, the easiest way to do this is just to grab some page
> images from a few archived newspapers - please - that's really all I need.
> I've got no problems with browsing through them myself.
>
> So... anyone out there willing and able to lend me a hand? Please? :-)
>
> Ben