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- ↑ "Ages of Man (Original Broadway Cast Recording)". The Official Masterworks Broadway Site. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
- ↑ Gans, Andrew (25 April 2017). "John Gielgud's Ages of Man Tony Award Will Be Auctioned". Playbill. Retrieved 10 October 2022.