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References
- ↑ Play details at Fryer Library
- ↑ "Ear for drama". The Age. 13 Aug 1964. p. 27.
- ↑ "Fantasies of a convict forger". The Sydney Morning Herald. 6 January 1962. p. 11.
- ↑ Rees, Leslie (1987). Australian drama, 1970-1985 : a historical and critical survey. p. 364.