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- ↑ BBC – Berkshire Stage – Adolf [ permanent dead link ]
- ↑ Pip Utton as Adolf [usurped]
- ↑ FLYING INKPOT THEATRE REVIEW: Adolf by Pip Utton Theatre Company Archived September 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Estemb in Helsinki
- ↑ Past Shows Domestic: ADOLF - Pip Utton Archived September 24, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ March 2004 News Monitor – Prevent Genocide International