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- ↑ François Parfaict; Claude Parfaict (1748). Histoire du théâtre françois. P.G. Le Mercier.
- ↑ André Blanc (1984). F.C. Dancourt, 1661-1725. Gunter Narr Verlag. ISBN 978-3-87808-729-8.
- ↑ Antoine de Léris (1763). Dictionnaire portatif des théâtres... C.A. Jombert.
