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- ↑ "Theatre News". The Observer. 6 April 1947. p. 2.
- ↑ Wearing, J. P. (August 22, 2014). The London Stage 1940-1949: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780810893061 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "My Friend Lester". The Guardian. 8 May 1947. p. 4.
- ↑ "My Friend Lester". The Observer. 20 April 1947. p. 2.
- ↑ Brown, Ivor (11 May 1947). "Taste and Morals". The Observer. p. 2.
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