Roy wrote: > The Performer was a trade newspaper for the music hall/variety > business and many artists advertised their acts in it. The British > Newspaper Library has copies but I'm afraid I don't know the period > covered although I know it was published at least until 1952. You can check their holdings on the Web at http://prodigi.bl.uk/nlcat/ They've got nos 1 - 2674, covering 29 March 1906 - 26 Sept 1957. The annotation says "Official organ of the Variety Artistes Federation, the Music Hall Artistes Railway Association, the English section of the International Artistes Lodge & various music hall societies." Chris