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- ↑ Albee, Edward.Script All Over:a play in two acts (books.google.com), Samuel French, Inc., 1998, ISBN 0-573-60521-1, pp. 2-3
- ↑ "'All Over' 1971" playbillvault.com, accessed November 22, 2015
- ↑ Cadden, Michael."All Over" Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine roundabouttheatre.org, Summer 2002
- ↑ Gussow, Mel. "Death and Life" Edward Albee: A Singular Journey : A Biography, (books.google.com) Hal Leonard Corporation, 2000, ISBN 1-55783-447-4, pp. 283-286
- ↑ "'All Over' 1972" theatricalia.com, accessed November 22, 2015
- ↑ Brantley, Ben. "Theater Review. Albee Hides Death Behind Curtains, but Soon It's 'All Over'" New York Times, February 25, 2002
- ↑ Barnes, Clive. "Stage: 'All Over,' Albee's Drama of Death, Arrives" The New York Times, March 29, 1971
- ↑ Kerr, Walter. "Albee's 'All Over' -- The Living Are Dead, Too" New York Times, April 4, 1971