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- ↑ Directors' notes The Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre 9 May 1992 accessed 4 November 2012
- ↑ Sean Mitchell, "STAGE : Deft Voice From Down Under : Playwright David Williamson is little known in the United States, but his dark comedy 'Money and Friends' may change all that" LA Times January 10, 1993 accessed 5 April 2014
- ↑ Rosemary Neill, "David Williamson parties on", The Australian, 28 May 2011 accessed 1 December 2012
- ↑ Cochrane, Peter (14 March 1997). "Williamson's World". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 15.
- ↑ Bruce Weber, "On Stage, and Off", New York Times 16 October 1992 accessed 5 April 2014
- ↑ Louis Nowra review of Kristen Williamson's biography on her husband The Australian 1 April 2009, republished on James Waites blog accessed 5 April 2014
- ↑ Greg Gallaghan, "10 questions – David Williamson", The Australian 18 December 2010, accessed 5 April 2014