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- ↑ http://www.curtainup.com/crave.html Review of Crave by Les Gutman at CurtainUp
- 1 2 Kane, Sarah (3 November 1998). "Sarah Kane Interview" (Interview: Audio). Interviewed by Dan Rebellato. Royal Holloway University. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- ↑ onzuiver is Dutch for "Impure"
- ↑ A reference to the Polish experimental theatre director Jerzy Grotowski.
- Sarah Kane: Complete Plays. London 2001 ISBN 0-413-74260-1
