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Laurie, Margaret (1963), "Did Purcell Set 'The Tempest?'", Proceedings of the Royal Musical Association, 90: 43–57, doi:10.1093/jrma/90.1.43, JSTOR 766005, OCLC 5548452243 - ↑ Duffett, Thomas (1972). DiLorenzo, Ronald Eugene (ed.). Three burlesque plays of Thomas Duffett : The Empress of Morocco, the mock-tempest, Psyche debauch'd . Iowa City: University of Iowa Press. ISBN 9780877450337. OCLC 589050.
