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- 1 2 Chapman, John and Garrison P. Sherwood (eds.) The Best Plays of 1894-1899, p. 2 (1955)
- ↑ Bordman, Gerald. American Musical Theater: A Chronicle, p. 149 (3rd ed. 2001)