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- 1 2 "On the set of Nights Below Station Street". Playback , April 7, 1997.
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- ↑ "Giving our stories a starring role; Arts Theatre New Brunswick's artistic producer wants to reconnect province with its history and 'The Bricklin' fits the bill". Telegraph-Journal , July 24, 2010.
- ↑ "David Adams Richards offers Principles to Live By, namely, have some ‘common decency’". National Post , May 18, 2016.