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- ↑ Ronald Alexander (1964). Nobody Loves an Albatross: A Contemporary Comedy. Dramatists Play Service Inc. pp. 3–. ISBN 978-0-8222-0830-3.
- ↑ Wallace, Marie (1 June 2005). On Stage & in Shadows: A Career Memoir. iUniverse. p. 49. ISBN 978-0-595-35877-9.
- ↑ Peter Filichia (7 April 2015). The Great Parade: Broadway's Astonishing, Never-to-Be-Forgotten 1963-1964 Season. St. Martin's Press. pp. 263–. ISBN 978-1-250-05135-6.
- ↑ "Nobody Loves an Albatross – Broadway Play – Original". Internet Broadway Database .
- 1 2 "Nobody Loves an Albatross". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
- ↑ "Ronald Alexander, Playwright, 78, Dies". The New York Times. 3 May 1995. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
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