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- ↑ Hooks, Barbara (1 April 1986), "Telemovies to whet the mental appetite", The Age
- ↑ Details of original production of play at Ausstage
- ↑ Hooks, Barbara (2 October 1986), "Heavy brain fodder for your supper", The Age
- ↑ Murdoch, Anna (2 October 1986), "Sexual chemistry", The Age
- ↑ Hutchinson, Garrie (9 October 1986), "Moliere: pure theatre in pictorial detail", The Age
- ↑ Steinhauer, Yvette (29 September 1986), "Incest: familial tensions re-enacted in jail", The Sydney Morning Herald
