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- ↑ Simonson, Robert. "Guare's 'Chaucer in Rome' Opens at Lincoln Center Theater, June 7" Playbill, June 7, 2001
- ↑ Brantley, Ben. "Theater Review. Sorry, Pilgrims, No Absolution" New York Times, June 6, 2001