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601:Bankruptcy, recovery and Coward
238:Around the World in Eighty Days
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1956:. London: Sinclair-Stevenson.
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2100:. London: Herbert Jenkins.
1855:Cochran, Charles B (1945).
1842:Cochran, Charles B (1925).
1637:Cochran (1845), pp. 264–265
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2083:. Detroit: Gale Research.
2080:Who Was Who in the Theatre
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2019:Revue: A Story in Pictures
1782:"BBC cut in for Cochran",
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609:"Dance Little Lady", from
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2062:Who's Who in the Theatre
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1917:. London: W.H. Allen.
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266:John Gabriel Borkman
249:Chicago World's Fair
1878:. London: Methuen.
1827:: Scarecrow Press.
1819:Day, Barry (2004).
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