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- ↑ Staff writer, Winter Dreams, Productions, Royal Opera House, website, http://roh.org.uk/productions/winter-dreams. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ↑ Anton Pavlovich Chekov, Chekov: The Four Major Plays, in new translations by Curt Columbus (Chicago: Ivan R, Dee, 2005).
- ↑ Michael Pennington, Anton Chekov's Three Sisters: A Study-Guide (London: Nick Hern, 2007).
- ↑ Kenneth MacMillan, program note for Winter Dreams, Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House, London, February 1991.
- ↑ Anton Pavlovich Chekov, Three Sisters; A Drama in Four Acts (London: Methuen, 1983).