OFF: A request for some UK library research assistance

[Ben Cohen]

"Bump" ... just to remind anyone who needed to wait until after the New Year.

>From my side, I contacted someone at the Museum of London. A librarian
responded saying she couldn't help and suggested contacting someone at the
Theatre Museum at the Victoria and Albert Museum (and gave me contact info).
I've done so (just sent an email off a short while ago), and so I'm hoping
that will give me something.

But, as I say - any other assistance is, of course, appreciated. :-)

Ben

On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 08:07:19AM -0500, Ben Cohen 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

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