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- ↑ Gold, Sylviane (7 November 2013). "The Implications of Ownership: A Review of 'Owners,' at Yale Repertory Theater". The New York Times . Retrieved 21 January 2017.
- 1 2 Churchill, Caryl (2013). Churchill Plays: 1: Owners; Traps; Vinegar Tom; Light Shining in Buckinghamshire; Cloud Nine. Bloomsbury Methuen Drama. p. xi. ISBN 978-0-413-56670-6 . Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ↑ Mark Ravenhill (3 September 2008). "She made us raise our game". The Guardian . Retrieved 11 July 2020.
- ↑ "Critic's pick: Caryl Churchill's 'Owners'". San Francisco Chronicle. 9 May 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- ↑ Minor, E. Kyle (31 October 2013). "Caryl Churchill's 'Owners' at Yale Rep expends its capital before the play's conclusion". New Haven Register. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- ↑ Gold, Sylviane (7 November 2013). "The Implications of Ownership". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 18 March 2020.
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