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- ↑ New York Times 13 December 1958
- ↑ New York Daily Mirror 30 December 1958
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- ↑ Frances Stephens, Theatre World Annual (London) vol 11, Barrie and Rockliff 1960
- ↑ Amnon Kabatchnik, Blood on the Stage, 1950-1975: Milestone Plays of Crime, Mystery, and Detection, Scarecrow Press 2011
- ↑ "The Gazebo". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 10 August 2023.