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- ↑ Viewreview August 2010
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- ↑ EdinburgGuide.com August 2010 on Quasimodo
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- ↑ Londonist Review: Macbeth at Clerkenwell House of Detention
- ↑ "creative partnerships at York Theatre Royal". Archived from the original on 2012-06-14. Retrieved 2012-05-15.