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- ↑ "To Let Service Men Use Plays." The New York Times, 23 August, 1943. Print.
- ↑ "The World and the Theatre: Plays for Soldiers to Perform — Doing Drama's Immediate Job." Theatre Arts, September 1943. Print
- ↑ Theatre Arts, September 1943. Print
- ↑ Ardrey, Robert. God and Texas. In Mayorga, Margaret (ed.) The Best One-Act Plays of 1943. 9-28. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1944. Print.
- ↑ Ardrey, Robert. God and Texas. in Young, Glenn (ed.). Let Freedom Ring: 7 Patriotic Plays. Milwaukee, WI: Performing, 2004. Print.
