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References
- ↑ "Top 100 Albums/Top 100 Singles". Music Week . 27 December 1980. pp. 21–22.
- ↑ "Chart File". Record Mirror . 21 March 1981. p. 37.
- ↑ "Chart File". Record Mirror. 4 April 1981. p. 38.
- ↑ Official UK Albums Chart, 1980
- ↑ Allen, Paul (2004) A Pocket Guide to Alan Ayckbourn Plays, Faber & Faber ISBN 0-571-21492-4