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- 1 2 3 "Ceremony 1967" Archived 2018-01-21 at the Wayback Machine tonyawards.com, accessed May 29, 2016
- ↑ "History. The Early Years" Archived 2018-06-14 at the Wayback Machine tonyawards.com, accessed May 29, 2016