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References
- ↑ Bush, Sophie (University of Sheffield) (Autumn 2009). "The inevitable need to speak in order to be: On the loss of voice in two plays by Timberlake Wertenbaker". Forum (9). University of Edinburgh.
- ↑ The Love of the Nightingale, Progress Theatre
- ↑ Woodhead, Cameron (2021-01-07). "For the Love of the Nightingale by Theatre Works is savage yet timely". The Age. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
- ↑ "The Love of the Nightingale". Jaya Berged. 2021-02-01. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
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