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- ↑ "Theater: Before You Go". Time. 19 January 1968. Archived from the original on October 29, 2010. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ↑ Dan Sullivan (January 12, 1968). "'Before You Go' Opens: Comedy by Holofcener at Henry Miller's". New York Times. p. 20.
- ↑ Goldman p 271
- ↑ Goldman p 274
- ↑ "Irving Wardle, "Theater in London Offers New Play On 'Seesaw' Theme". New York Times. April 9, 1969. p. 51.
- ↑ Richard L Coe (July 16, 1970). "'Before You Go' Gets 2d Chance". The Washington Post and Times-Herald. p. C10.