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- ↑ Eder, Richard. "Theater: 'Wings,' By Kopit, at Yale" The New York Times, March 8, 1978
- 1 2 Eder, Richard. "Theater: ‘Wings’ By the Yale Rep" The New York Times, June 22, 1978
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- ↑ Billington, Michael. " 'Wings' review – Juliet Stevenson soars in stroke recovery tale" The Guardian, September 21, 2017
- ↑ Guernsey Jr. (Ed.), Otis L. (1979). The Best Plays of 1978-1979 . New York & Toronto: Dodd, Mead & Company. pp. 168–179. ISBN 0-396-07723-4.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
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- ↑ "Music Defeats Emotion in Staging of `Wings'". Christian Science Monitor. 1993-03-30. ISSN 0882-7729 . Retrieved 2021-01-17.