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- ↑ Gänzl, p. 782
- ↑ Bloom, 119-120
- ↑ Dietz, p. 281-283
- ↑ "The New Hippodrome Opens". New York Sun . April 13, 1905. p. 5.
- ↑ Dietz, p. 281
- ↑ "HIPPODROME CIRCUS SETS OFF FOR CHICAGO; Let's Hope the Elephants Won't Heel the Cars Over. BIG TRAIN FULL OF WONDERS 310 People, 8 Elephants, 18 Lions, and Ponies Innumerable Start to Astonish the West". The New York Times . February 19, 1906. p. 9.
- ↑ Dietz, p. 282
Bibliography
- Bloom, Ken (2013). Routledge Guide to Broadway. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781135871161.
- Dietz, Dan (2022). "A Yankee Circus on Mars". The Complete Book of 1900s Broadway Musicals. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN 9781538168943.
- Gänzl, Kurt (1994). The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre, Volume 1. Schirmer Books.
