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- ↑ "New play by Lawler recalls old times". The Australian Women's Weekly . Vol. 31, no. 15. Australia, Australia. 11 September 1963. p. 27. Retrieved 27 August 2023– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Ray Lawler's New Play Disappoints UK Critics". The Sydney Morning Herald. 21 August 1963. p. 3.
- ↑ Tynan, Kenneth (25 August 1963). "Theatre". The Observer. p. 16.
- ↑ "The Unshaven Cheek". Variety. September 1963.
- ↑ "13 Summers After the Doll". The Sydney Morning Herald. 17 September 1971. p. 7.