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- ↑ University of Windsor – Dramatic Art
- ↑ "Antoni Cimolino acting and directing credits". Stratford Festival Archives. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
- ↑ Stratford Festival vet Antoni Cimolino to take over for Des McAnuff Archived July 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Order of Canada Appointments". The Governor General of Canada His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston. Governor General of Canada . Retrieved 31 December 2015.
