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- ↑ John Gillies, Shakespeare and the Geography of Difference, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1994; p. 28.
- ↑ Aphra Behn, The Plays, Histories, and Novels of Mrs. Aphra Behn, 6 Volumes, Eighth Edition, London, 1735; Vol. 5, p. 77.
- ↑ George Saintsbury and Sir Walter Scott, eds., The Works of John Dryden, Vol. 2, Edinburgh, William Paterson, 1882; p. 321.
- ↑ Pepys' Diary entry for 22 August 1667.
- ↑ Pepys' Diary entry for 14 January 1668.
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- ↑ Ayanna Thompson, Performing Race and Torture on the Early Modern Stage, London, Routledge, 2008.
