Research not procrastination

You'll find masses of comment elsewhere about the importance of historical accuracy in historical novels and normally I give it a thumbs up and a well said. But right now I'm cussing myself because I can't find out what a particular building looked like in 1928. I may have to [shock horror] guess a bit.

On the other hand I've had some of that blissful Googling serendipity where looking for a theatrical performance that my protagonists could attend I've found a theatre and restaurant that have been restored to the appearance of the period, a complete list of plays performed there since it was opened, and a photo of a couple of pages of the script plus a cast list for the play being performed at the time they could attend.

This makes me cheerful.

Also this and I hope there will be more later and so here's a snippet.

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