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- ↑ Gussow, Mel."Theater: 'Orchards,' 7 One-Acts" The New York Times, April 23, 1986
- ↑ 'Orchards' Internet Off-Broadway database, accessed June 19, 2012
- ↑ "LabYearProductions, 1996" lct.org, accessed June 19, 2012
- ↑ Drake, Sylvie."Three-night Stand At Wadsworth : Some Fine Pickings From Chekhov In 'Orchards'" latimes.com, April 11, 1986
- ↑ Harvey Pitcher is the author of "The Chekhov Play: A New Interpretation" (University of California Press)
- ↑ Pitcher, Harvey.Orchards: Seven Stories by Anton Chekhov and Seven Plays They Have Inspired (Knopf: $18.95, hardcover; $9.95, paperback; 144 pp.)" latimes.com, July 20, 1986
