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- 1 2 Swift, Carolyn; Whelan, Gerald (2002). Spiked: Church-state Intrigue and the Rose Tattoo. Dublin: New Ireland.
- ↑ Morash, Christopher (2002). A History of Irish Theatre: 1601–2000 (illustrated ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 322. ISBN 978-0-521-64682-6.
- ↑ Evening Mail. Dublin. 13 May 1957. Theatre critic R.M. Fox on "The Rose Tattoo": "To have presented such a play without a hitch on the tiny Pike stage reflects great credit on Reginald Gray's settings and Alan Simpson's production."
