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- Gerhart Hauptmann. (1893). Der Biberpelz. Eine Diebskomödie, Berlin: S. Fischer – Taschenbuch-Ausgabe bei Ullstein.
- Banham, Martin, ed. 1998. The Cambridge Guide to Theatre. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-43437-8.
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