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- ↑ She is acknowledged in the 1955 Collected Works.
- ↑ "Out of Compulsion". Financial Tribune. 2018-02-03. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
- ↑ Squiers, Anthony (2014). An Introduction to the Social and Political Philosophy of Bertolt Brecht: Revolution and Aesthetics. . Amsterdam: Rodopi. p. 188. ISBN 9789042038998.
- ↑ Willett, John (1959). The Theatre of Bertolt Brecht: A Study from Eight Aspects. Methuen. pp. 45–46. ISBN 978-91-20-08535-7.
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