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- ↑ "Writersroom - Damian Lanigan and Jim Poyser". BBC. 26 August 2009. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
- ↑ Jacobson, Aileen (11 June 2010). "Theater Review : Long Island : A String Quartet in Tangles". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
