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- ↑ Wearing, J. P. (2014). The London Stage 1930–1939: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 428. ISBN 9780810893047.
- ↑ "Across the Stage". The Daily Telegraph . I (47). New South Wales, Australia. 6 October 1940. p. 23. Retrieved 30 June 2020– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Short Circuit". The Observer. 31 March 1935. p. 17.
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