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- ↑ To Playgoers (review of 1869 London production), Punch , p. 41 (July 31, 1869)
- ↑ Royalty (review of 1869 London production), Athenaeum , p. 122 (July 24, 1869)
- ↑ James, M.E. What Shall We Act?, p. 27 (1882)
- ↑ (3 November 1869). Park Theatre (review), Brooklyn Eagle
- ↑ The Comedie Francaise, London Society, p. 484 (June 1879)
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