Hello Listers Here's the URL for the searchable Index to the "Times" [as in London] http://history.chadwyck.co.uk/noframes19/search By entering a name or place and searching all dates, I see that one of the headings is sometimes "Theatre". I entered SIDDONS and found a terrific lost of entries for Mrs SIDDONS [nee KEMBLE]. *Please* do not e-mail me for further instructions. I know nothing!! I have just discovered the site and am passing it on as a further resource. Here is a quote from a contributor to another List. It explains the situation: > I can confirm that I found a lot of useful data in this site. However, be > aware you will only get the headings to articles from this index, along with > date, page and column in The Times newspaper. > > The index does allow subscribing *institutions* to look for the article text, > but this facility is usually offered only to Universities, schools, academic & > public libraries. So you can follow up the index results by checking out the > relevant issues of the paper or by finding a subscribing library. > > If you are not a subscriber then you get a confusing message saying something > along the lines of "the site being currently oversubscribed for your > institution". Have fun. I hope you find something. Blanche Charles Wellington, NZ