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- ↑ Elaine Aston (2003). Feminist views on the English stage: women playwrights, 1990-2000. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-80003-7.
- ↑ "Judy Upton radio plays - DIVERSITY".
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-05-13. Retrieved 2010-03-14.
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- ↑ "Judy Upton".
