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- 1 2 "Bristol University Alumni Newsletter" (PDF). October 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 14 February 2007.
DRAMA AT THE WICKHAM THEATRE. 11 October Two Sisters and a Piano. Havana, Cuba, 1991. Two sisters under house arrest take refuge in their art, but they must decide on a dangerous chance of freedom. European premiere of the award-winning play written by Pulitzer Prize-winning Nilo Cruz and co-starring Eva Alexander, a Bristol Drama graduate (1997, as Sara Jane Alexander).
- ↑ IMDB listing for Storia di una capinera
- ↑ theatre.com interview with Cory English Archived 10 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine