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- ↑ "1967 production" Lortel Archives . Archived September 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ PBS "Great Performances" (pdf)
- ↑ "Theater In America: 'The Rimers of Eldritch' (TV)" Paley Center for Media. Accessed January 15, 2016.
- ↑ La MaMa Archives Digital Collections. "Production: Rimers of Eldritch, The (1981)". Accessed August 28, 2018.
- ↑ Gussow, Mel. "Theater review" TheNew York Times, December 1, 1988.
- ↑ Thompson, Howard. "TV: All About Elections: Adults Can Learn from Children's Show on C.B.S. Narrated by Cronkite" The New York Times , November 4, 1972. p. 67. ISSN 0362-4331
- ↑ Clay, Carolyn (October 6, 1981). "Frost on the bumpkins: Lanford Wilson goes home again". The Boston Phoenix. Retrieved May 20, 2024.