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- 1 2 "The World of Suzie Wong (1960)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on February 4, 2019. Retrieved 2018-08-22.
- ↑ "Richard Mason, 78, 'Suzie Wong' Author". New York Times. 19 October 1997.
- 1 2 Guy Haydon (4 July 2017). "Suzie Wong: 60 years after Hong Kong icon was created, we recount an interview with late author Richard Mason". South China Morning Post.
- ↑ "The World of Suzie Wong". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved 2018-08-22.
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- 1 2 3 Guy Haydon (11 July 2017). "Actor William Shatner on why The World of Suzie Wong was a tough act". South China Morning Post.
- ↑ Niiya, Brian (2018-01-04). "Mary Mon Toy and the Nisei Entertainers Who Became "Chinese" During World War II - Densho: Japanese American Incarceration and Japanese Internment". Densho: Japanese American Incarceration and Japanese Internment. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
- ↑ Jill Tweedie (17 September 1981). "From Suzie Wong sex kitten to theatre pro". The Guardian.
- ↑ Herbert Mitgang (3 June 1987). "Peter Coe, Theater Director; Staged 'Oliver' on Broadway". New York Times. p. B10.
- ↑ Daniel Moss (12 November 2015). "The World of Suzie Wong, 55 years on: archives opened to revisit 1960s Hong Kong's main event". South China Morning Post.
- ↑ "The World of Suzie Wong". Variety. 31 December 1959.