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References
- ↑ All in the Timing dramatists.com, accessed February 8, 2014
- ↑ Shakespeare, William. Hamlet, act 2, sc. ii, line 193 (Hamlet responding when asked what he was reading).
- ↑ Ives, David. Words, Words, Words All in the Timing: Six One-act Comedies, Dramatists Play Service, Inc, 1994, ISBN 0822213966, pp23ff
- ↑ All in the Timing Internet Off-Broadway Database, accessed February 10, 2014
- ↑ Brantley, Ben. "Review/Theater: 'All in the Timing'; Merrily Sputtering Along" The New York Times, December 3, 1993
- ↑ Brantley, Ben. "Theater Review. 'All in the Timing,' by David Ives, at 59E59 Theaters" The New York Times, February 12, 2013