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- ↑ Nicoll, Allardyce (1973). English drama, 1900-1930; the beginnings of the modern period. Cambridge [England]: Cambridge University Press. p. 784. ISBN 0-521-08416-4. OCLC 588815.
- Appleton Post-Crescent, Thursday 27 July 1922
- The Times, Friday 9 October 1936
- The Times, Saturday 10 October 1936
- Gordon, Mel. Grand Guignol. New York: Amok Press, 1988.