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References
- ↑ Shackerley Marmion, A Fine Companion: A Critical Edition, Richard Sonnenshein, ed., New York, Garland, 1979.
- ↑ Andrew Gurr, The Shakespearian Playing Companies, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1996; pp. 426–7.
- ↑ Mina Kerr, The Influence of Ben Jonson on English Comedy, 1598–1642, New York, University of Pennsylvania/D. Appleton and Co., 1912; pp. 89–93.
- ↑ Joe Lee Davis, The Sons of Ben: Jonsonian Comedy in Caroline England, Detroit, MI, Wayne State University Press, 1967.
- ↑ Matthew Steggle, Richard Brome: Place and Politics on the Caroline Stage, Manchester, Manchester University Press, 2004; p. 125.