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References
- ↑ Bordman 1996 , p. 260
- ↑ Kabatchnik 2009 , p. 356
- ↑ Lachman 2014 , p. 132
- ↑ Rigby 2007 , p. 29
- ↑ Kabatchnik 2009 , p. 357
Works cited
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- Kabatchnik, Amnon (2009). Blood on the Stage: Milestone Plays of Crime, Mystery, and Detection: An Annotated Repertoire, 1900–1925. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6123-7. OCLC 190860037.
- Lachman, Marvin (2014). The Villainous Stage: Crime Plays on Broadway and in the West End. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-9534-4. OCLC 891369417.
- Rigby, Jonathan (2007). American Gothic: Sixty Years of Horror Cinema. London: Reynolds & Hearn. ISBN 978-1-905287-25-3. OCLC 70845190.