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- ↑ "Principals Enthuse over Stravinsky Work for TV". The Age. 26 February 1959. p. 12.
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- ↑ "Helpmann May Return Home With Old Vic". The Age . No. 31, 001. Victoria, Australia. 11 September 1954. p. 9. Retrieved 21 May 2016– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Russian Devil". ABC Weekly. 18 May 1959. p. 13.
- ↑ "Exciting Part in Helpmann Ballet". The Age. 26 February 1959. p. 13.
- ↑ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
