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- ↑ "Elmina's Kitchen / Peter Brown Theatre Reviewer / London Theatre Reviews /". Archived from the original on 2010-11-26. Retrieved 2011-02-17.
- ↑ "Elmina's Kitchen", thisistheatre.com.