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- ↑ Mitchell 1999, p. 227
- ↑ Mitchell 1999, pp. 227–229
- ↑ Cappa and Nepoli, Dario Fo, 1997 edition, pp. 153-4. Cited in Tony Mitchell, The People's Court Jester, Methuen Books, London 1999.
- ↑ Fo, Dario. The Devil in Drag , trans. Ed Emery, in New Connections 99, Faber and Faber, London, 1999.