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- ↑ Arlette Bouloumié: Le mythe de Merlin dans la littérature française du xxe siècle (Jean Cocteau, René Barjavel, Jacques Roubaud, Théophile Briant, Michel Rio) Archived 2016-05-11 at the Wayback Machine , published in Cahier de recherches médiévales et humanistes, no 11, 2004. p181–193.
- ↑ Roger Simpson: Radio Camelot: Arthurian Legends on the BBC, 1922–2005. DS Brewer, 2008. p40–41.
- ↑ "Programmes originaux de théâtre - les Chevaliers de la Table ronde de Jean COCTEAU - Théâtre de l'Œuvre 1937".
- ↑ Roger Simpson: Radio Camelot: Arthurian Legends on the BBC, 1922–2005. DS Brewer, 2008. p40–41.
- ↑ 'Salisbury Premiere', The Stage 6 May 1954. p10.
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