The Sydney Theatre Awards are annual awards to recognise the strength, quality and diversity of professional theatre in Sydney, Australia. They were established in 2005 by a group of major Sydney theatre critics. The awards recognise mainstage and independent plays and musicals.

Selected award recipients

2021

The 2021 awards were announced on 31 January 2022. *Best Mainstage Production: ''The Picture of Dorian Gray'' ( Sydney Theatre Company) *Best Independent Production: ''Symphonie Fantastique'' (Little Eggs Collective in association with KXT) *Best Direction of a Mainstage Production:

Kip Williams Kip Williams is an Australian theatre and opera director. Williams is the current Artistic Director of Sydney Theatre Company. His appointment at age 30 made him the youngest artistic director in the company's history. Biography Williams has b ...

( ''The Picture of Dorian Gray'') *Best Direction of an Independent Production: Tasnim Hossain (''Yellow Face'') *Best Performance in a Leading Role in a Mainstage Production: Eryn Jean Norvill (''

The Picture of Dorian Gray ''The Picture of Dorian Gray'' is a philosophical novel by Irish writer Oscar Wilde. A shorter novella-length version was published in the July 1890 issue of the American periodical '' Lippincott's Monthly Magazine''.''The Picture of Dorian G ...

'') *Best Performance in a Leading Role in an Independent Production: Shan-Ree Tan (''Yellow Face'') *Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Mainstage Production: Aaron Tsindos (No Pay? No Way!) *Best Performance in a Supporting Role in an Independent Production: Alfie Gledhill (''The Removalists'') *Best Stage Design of a Mainstage Production: Marg Horwell and David Bergman (''

'') *Best Stage Design of an Independent Production: Charles Davis (''Happy Days'') *Best Costume Design of a Mainstage Production: Genevieve Blanchett (''Home, I’m Darling'') *Best Costume Design of an Independent Production: Esther Zhong (''Three Fat Virgins Unassembled'') *Best Lighting Design of a Mainstage Production: Matt Scott (''

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'') *Best Lighting Design of an Independent Production: Benjamin Brockman (''Symphonie Fantastique'') *Best Sound Design of a Mainstage Production: David Bergman (''Green Park'') *Best Sound Design and Composition of an Independent Production: Oliver Shermacher (''Symphonie Fantastique'') *Best New Australian Work: ''The Visitors'' (Jane Harrison) *Best Newcomer: Kiana Daniele (''

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'') *Best Ensemble: ''Symphonie Fantastique'' *Best Production of a Musical: ''

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'' (

Jeffrey Seller Jeffrey Seller (born 1964) is an American theatrical producer best known for his work on ''Rent'' (1996), ''Avenue Q'' (2003), ''In the Heights'' (2008), and ''Hamilton'' (2015), as well as inventing Broadway's first rush ticket and lottery ti ...

, Sander Jacobs,

Jill Furman Jill Furman (born 1969) is an American theatrical producer. Furman's Broadway credits include: ''Hamilton, (''Tony Award® for Best Musical, 2016''),'' ''In the Heights'' (Tony Award® for Best Musical, 2008), ''Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella ...

The Public Theater The Public Theater is a New York City arts organization founded as the Shakespeare Workshop in 1954 by Joseph Papp, with the intention of showcasing the works of up-and-coming playwrights and performers.Epstein, Helen. ''Joe Papp: An American Li ...

and Michael Cassel) *Best Direction of a Musical: Dean Bryant (''

'') *Best Performance in a Leading Role in a Musical: Lyndon Watts (''

'') *Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical: Marty Alix (''

'') *Best Musical Direction: Carmel Dean (''

'') *Best Cabaret Production: ''Is This All Then?'' (

Philip Quast Philip Mark Quast (born 30 July 1957) is an Australian actor and singer. He has won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical three times, making him the first actor to have three wins in that category. He is perhaps best known f ...

) *Best Production for Children: ''

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'' ( Sydney Opera House and

Australian Chamber Orchestra The Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) was founded by cellist John Painter in 1975.Verghis, Sharon"Bach with more bite pays off" ''Sydney Morning Herald'', 2 September 2005. Richard Tognetti was appointed Lead Violin in 1989 and subsequently appo ...

) *Best Production for Young People: ''I've Been Meaning to Ask You'' (The Good Room, Critical Stages Touring, ATYP and Riverside Theatres) *Lifetime Achievement Award:

Gale Edwards Gale Edwards (born 14 November 1954) is an Australian theatre director, who has worked extensively throughout Australia and internationally. She has also directed for television and film. Professional career Edwards began her career at Adelaid ...

and Tony Sheldon

2019

The 2019 awards were announced on 20 January 2020. *Best Mainstage Production: '' Counting and Cracking'' ( Belvoir and Co-Curious) *Best Independent Production: ''John'' (Outhouse Theatre Co and

Seymour Centre The Seymour Centre is a multi-purpose performing arts centre within the University of Sydney in the Australian city of Sydney. It is located on the corner of City Rd and Cleveland St in Chippendale, just south-west of the city centre. The b ...

) *Best Direction of a Mainstage Production: Paige Rattray (''

The Beauty Queen of Leenane ''The Beauty Queen of Leenane'' is a 1996 dramatic play by Martin McDonagh which was premiered by the Druid Theatre Company in Galway, Ireland. It also enjoyed successful runs at London's West End, Broadway and Off-Broadway. It was nominate ...

'') *Best Direction of an Independent Production: Dino Dimitriadis (''

Angels in America ''Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes'' is a two-part play by American playwright Tony Kushner. The work won numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Tony Award for Best Play, and the Drama Desk Award for O ...

'') *Best Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Mainstage Production: Sheridan Harbridge (''Prima Facie'') *Best Male Actor in a Leading Role in a Mainstage Production:

Meyne Wyatt Meyne Wyatt (born 14 August 1989) is an Australian actor. Wyatt graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 2010 and appeared in several theatre productions around the country. For his performance in ''Silent Disco'', Wyatt was name ...

(''City of Gold'') *Best Female Actor in a Leading Role in an Independent Production: Janine Watson (''The Happy Prince'') *Best Male Actor in a Leading Role in an Independent Production: Justin Amankwah (''Good Dog'') *Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Mainstage Production: Shari Sebbens (City of Gold) *Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Mainstage Production: Hamish Michael (The Beauty Queen of Leenane) *Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in an Independent Production: Catherine Văn-Davies (Angels in America) *Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role in an Independent Production: Joseph Althouse (Angels in America) *Best Sound Design and Composition of an Independent Production: *Best Independent Musical: ''American Psycho'' (BB Arts Entertainment and Two Doors Productions) *Best New Australian Work: ''Counting and Cracking'' ( S. Shakthidharan) *Best Production of a Mainstage Musical: ''

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'' (Belvoir,

Queensland Theatre Queensland Theatre, formerly the Queensland Theatre Company and Royal Queensland Theatre Company, is a professional theatre company based in Brisbane, Australia. It regularly performs in its own Bille Browne Theatre and the Queensland Performi ...

and

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in association with ATYP) *Lifetime Achievement Award: Maggie Blinco

2018

The 2018 awards were announced on 21 January 2019. * Best Mainstage Production: ''

The Harp in the South ''The Harp in the South'' is the debut novel by Australian author Ruth Park. Published in 1948, it portrays the life of a Catholic Irish Australian family living in the Sydney suburb of Surry Hills, which was at that time an inner city slum. P ...

'' ( Sydney Theatre Company) * Best Direction of a Mainstage Production:

(''The Harp in the South'') * Best Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Mainstage Production: Claire Lovering (''The Feather in the Web'') * Best Male Actor in a Leading Role in a Mainstage Production:

Hugo Weaving Hugo Wallace Weaving (born 4 April 1960) is an English actor. Born in Colonial Nigeria to English parents, he has resided in Australia for the entirety of his career. He is the recipient of six AACTA Awards, Australian Academy of Cinema and Tel ...

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The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui ''The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui'' (german: Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui, links=no), subtitled "A parable play", is a 1941 play by the German playwright Bertolt Brecht. It chronicles the rise of Arturo Ui, a fictional 1930s Chicago m ...

'') * Best Independent Production: '' Stupid Fucking Bird'' ( New Theatre) * Best New Australian Work: ''The Harp in the South'' (

Kate Mulvany Kate Mulvany (born 24 February 1977) is an Australian actress, playwright and screenwriter. She works in theatre, television and film, with roles in '' Hunters '' (2020–2023), ''The Great Gatsby'' (2013), '' Griff the Invisible'' (2010) and ...

) * Best Production of a Musical: ''

Cry-Baby ''Cry-Baby'' is a 1990 American teen musical romantic comedy film written and directed by John Waters. It was the only film of Waters's over which studios were in a bidding war, coming off the heels of the successful ''Hairspray''. The film sta ...

'' (LPD in association with Hayes Theatre Co) * Best Cabaret Production: ''Since Ali Died'' (Omar Musa) * Lifetime Achievement Award: Robert Love, director,

Riverside Theatres Parramatta Riverside Theatres is a multi-venue performing arts centre located in the CBD of Parramatta in the western suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Opened in 1988, its venues include the 761-seat proscenium arch Riverside Theatre, the 213 ...

2017

The 2017 awards were announced on 22 January 2018. * Best Mainstage Production: ''Hir'' ( Belvoir) * Best Direction of a Mainstage Production: Anthea Williams (''Hir'') * Best Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Mainstage Production:

('' Richard 3'') * Best Male Actor in a Leading Role in a Mainstage Production:

Mitchell Butel Mitchell Patrick Butel (born 10 February 1970) is an Australian actor, singer, director and writer. He is best known for his work in theatre, including musical and opera productions. He has been the artistic director of the State Theatre Compa ...

(''

The Merchant of Venice ''The Merchant of Venice'' is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. A merchant in Venice named Antonio defaults on a large loan provided by a Jewish moneylender, Shylock. Although classified as ...

'') * Best Independent Production: ''

A View From the Bridge ''A View from the Bridge'' is a play by American playwright Arthur Miller. It was first staged on September 29, 1955, as a one-act verse drama with ''A Memory of Two Mondays'' at the Coronet Theatre on Broadway. The run was unsuccessful, and M ...

'' (Red Line Productions) * Best New Australian Work: ''Shit'' (

Patricia Cornelius Patricia Cornelius is an Australian playwright and co-founder of Melbourne Workers Theatre. Plays Cornelius has written more than 20 plays, which include ''Slut'' (2008, Platform Youth Theatre), ''The Call'' (2009, Griffin Theatre Company), '' ...

) * Best Production of a Mainstream Musical: '' Muriel’s Wedding The Musical'' ( Sydney Theatre Company and

Global Creatures Global Creatures is a live entertainment company based in Sydney, Australia with offices in New York and London. It is privately owned by Gerry Ryan (businessman), Gerry Ryan and Carmen Pavlovic and is best known for Walking with Dinosaurs#The Are ...

) * Best Production of an Independent Musical: ''

Calamity Jane Martha Jane Cannary (May 1, 1852 – August 1, 1903), better known as Calamity Jane, was an American frontierswoman, sharpshooter, and storyteller. In addition to many exploits she was known for being an acquaintance of Wild Bill Hickok. Late ...

'' (One Eyed Man Productions in association with Neglected Musicals and Hayes Theatre Co) * Lifetime Achievement Award: Brian Thomson

2016

The 2016 awards were announced at the

on 23 January 2017. Recipients included: * Best Mainstage Production: '' The Drover’s Wife'' ( Belvoir) * Best Direction of a Mainstage Production: Leticia Caceres (''The Drover’s Wife'') * Best Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Mainstage Production:

Marta Dusseldorp Marta Dusseldorp (born 1 February 1973) is an Australian stage, film and theatre actress. Her television credits include ''BlackJack'', ''Crownies'' (and its spin-off '' Janet King''), ''Jack Irish'' and '' A Place to Call Home''. Early life an ...

(''Gloria'') * Best Male Actor in a Leading Role in a Mainstage Production:

Colin Friels Colin Friels (born 25 September 1952) is a Scottish-born Australian actor of theatre, TV and film and presenter Early life Friels was born in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland.Interview with Colin Friels, ''George Negus Tonight'' (ABC Television ...

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Faith Healer Faith healing is the practice of prayer and gestures (such as laying on of hands) that are believed by some to elicit divine intervention in spiritual and physical healing, especially the Christian practice. Believers assert that the healing ...

'') * Best Independent Production: ''Antigone'' ( Sport for Jove) * Best New Australian Work:

Leah Purcell Leah Maree Purcell (born 14 August 1970) is an Aboriginal Australian stage and film actress, playwright, film director, and novelist. She made her film debut in 1999, appearing in Paul Fenech's ''Somewhere in the Darkness'', which led to role ...

(''The Drover’s Wife'') * Best Production of a Musical: '' Little Shop of Horrors'' (Luckiest Productions and Tinderbox Productions in association with Hayes Theatre Co) * Lifetime Achievement Award:

Judi Farr Judi Farr (born c.1938/1939), also credited as Judy Farr, is an Australian former actress of theatre, film and television best known for several situation comedy roles on Australian television. Farr has also appeared in Australian films such ...

2015

The 2015 awards were announced at the Paddington RSL on 18 January 2016. Recipients included: * Best Mainstage Production: ''Ivanov'' ( Belvoir) * Best Direction of a Mainstage Production:

Eamon Flack Eamon Flack is an Australian theatre director. He is Artistic Director of Belvoir (theatre company), Belvoir, a theatre company in Sydney's Surry Hills. Flack, who grew up in Darwin, Northern Territory, was encouraged towards a career in theatre ...

(''Ivanov'') * Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Mainstage Production: Eryn Jean Norvill (''

Suddenly Last Summer ''Suddenly Last Summer'' is a one-act play by Tennessee Williams, written in New York in 1957. It opened off Broadway on January 7, 1958, as part of a double bill with another of Williams' one-acts, ''Something Unspoken'' (written in London in ...

'') * Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Mainstage Production:

(''

Endgame Endgame, Endgames, End Game, End Games, or similar variations may refer to: Film * ''The End of the Game'' (1919 film) * ''The End of the Game'' (1975 film), short documentary U.S. film * ''Endgame'' (1983 film), 1983 Italian post-apocalyptic f ...

'') * Best Independent Production: ''

Of Mice and Men ''Of Mice and Men'' is a novella written by John Steinbeck. Published in 1937, it narrates the experiences of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant ranch workers, who move from place to place in California in search of new job o ...

'' ( Sport for Jove and

) * Best New Australian Work: ''

The Bleeding Tree ''The Bleeding Tree'' is a play by Australian writer Angus Cerini. ''The Bleeding Tree'' received the Griffin Award in 2014. The following year the Griffin Theatre Company in Sydney premiered the play, directed by Lee Lewis and featuring Paula Aru ...

'' (Angus Cerini) * Best Production of a Musical: ''

Matilda Matilda or Mathilda may refer to: Animals * Matilda (chicken) (1990–2006), World's Oldest Living Chicken record holder * Matilda (horse) (1824–1846), British Thoroughbred racehorse * Matilda, a dog of the professional wrestling tag-team The ...

'' (The Royal Shakespeare Company, Louise Withers, Michael Coppel and Michael Watt) * Lifetime Achievement Award: Christine Dunstan

2014

* Best Mainstage Production: ''

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'' (

Bell Shakespeare Bell Shakespeare is an Australian theatre company specialising in the works of William Shakespeare, his contemporaries and other classics. It is based in Sydney. The Bell Shakespeare vision is to create theatre that allows audiences of all wal ...

) * Best Direction of a Mainstage Production: Damien Ryan (''Henry V'') * Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Mainstage Production:

Sarah Peirse Sarah Peirse is a New Zealand actress. She works both on screen and stage, best known for her portrayals of two very different mothers — the kind-hearted yet stricken mother Honora Rieper in ''Heavenly Creatures'', and the disaffected sophistic ...

(''Switzerland'') * Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Mainstage Production:

Richard Roxburgh Richard Roxburgh (born 23 January 1962) is an Australian actor, writer, producer, and director. He is the recipient of a number of accolades across film, television, and theatre, including three AACTA Awards (including AFI), three Logie Awards, ...

(''Cyrano de Bergerac'') * Best Independent Production: '' All's Well That Ends Well'' ( Sport for Jove) * Best New Australian Work: ''Switzerland'' (

Joanna Murray-Smith Joanna Murray-Smith (born 17 April 1962) is a Melbourne-based Australian playwright, screenwriter, novelist, librettist and newspaper columnist. Life and career Murray-Smith was born in Mount Eliza, Victoria; her father was the literary editor ...

) * Best Production of a Musical: ''

Sweet Charity ''Sweet Charity'' is a musical with music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Dorothy Fields and book by Neil Simon. It was directed and choreographed for Broadway by Bob Fosse starring his wife and muse Gwen Verdon alongside John McMartin. It is based on ...

'' (Luckiest Productions and Gooding Productions in association with Hayes Theatre Co) * Lifetime Achievement Award: Reg Livermore

2013

* Best Mainstage Production: '' Waiting for Godot'' ( Sydney Theatre Company) * Best Direction of a Mainstage Production: Sam Strong (''The Floating World'') * Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Mainstage Production:

Harriet Dyer Harriet Dyer (born 17 October 1988) is an Australian actress. She is best known for starring in the television series '' Love Child'' (2014–2017) and ''No Activity'' (2015–2018). She has also appeared in films, most notably ''The Invisible M ...

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Machinal ''Machinal'' is a 1928 play by American playwright and journalist Sophie Treadwell, inspired by the real-life case of convicted and executed murderer Ruth Snyder. Its Broadway premiere, directed by Arthur Hopkins, is considered one of the highp ...

'') * Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Mainstage Production:

Peter Kowitz Peter Kowitz is an Australian actor. Film and television acting His television credits include: ''Prime Time'', '' Richmond Hill'', ''Rafferty's Rules'', '' Chances'', ''Pacific Drive'', '' Water Rats'', '' Big Sky'', ''Halifax f.p.'', ''Swim ...

(''The Floating World'') * Best Independent Production: ''Cyrano de Bergerac'' ( Sport for Jove) * Best New Australian Work:

Andrew Bovell Andrew Bovell (born 23 November 1962) is an Australian writer for theatre, film and television. Life Bovell was born on 23 November 1962 in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia and completed his secondary school education in Perth. He graduated from t ...

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The Secret River ''The Secret River'' is a 2005 historical novel by Kate Grenville about an early 19th-century Englishman transported to Australia for theft. The story explores what might have happened when Europeans colonised land already inhabited by Aborigi ...

'') * Best Production of a Musical: '' Dirty Rotten Scoundrels'' * Lifetime Achievement Award:

John Romeril John Henry Romeril (born 1945) is an Australian playwright and teacher. He has written around 60 plays for theatre, film, radio, and television, and is known for his 1975 play ''The Floating World''. Early life and education John Henry Romeril ...

2012

* Best Mainstage Production: ''Medea'' ( Belvoir in association with

Australian Theatre for Young People Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP) is a not-for-profit national youth theatre company located in Woolloomooloo, New South Wales, Australia. It was founded in 1964 by Eleanor Witcombe. History The first committee was formed in 1964 and co ...

) * Best Direction of a Mainstage Production:

Anne-Louise Sarks Anne-Louise Sarks is an Australian theatre director, writer and actor. She has been the Artistic Director of the Melbourne Theatre Company since October 2021. Her partner is journalist Sean Kelly. Career Studies and early work Sarks studied ...

(''Medea'') * Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Mainstage Production: Blazey Best (''Medea'') * Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Mainstage Production:

Josh McConville Josh McConville is an Australian actor. He was nominated for the 2018 AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his role in 1%. Filmography TV *'' Mr Inbetween'' (2019) TV series – Alex (2 episodes) *'' Home and Away'' (2017) TV s ...

(''The Boys'') * Best Independent Production: ''Punk Rock'' (pantsguys Productions with atyp Under The Wharf) * Best New Australian Work: ''Medea'' (

and Anne-Louise Sarks after Euripides) * Best Production of a Musical: '' South Pacific'' * Lifetime Achievement Award:

Barry Humphries John Barry Humphries (born 17 February 1934) is an Australian comedian, actor, author and satirist. He is best known for writing and playing his on-stage and television alter egos Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson. He is also a film prod ...

2011

The 2011 Sydney Theatre Awards were announced in

Paddington, NSW Paddington is an upscale inner-city area of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Located east of the Sydney central business district, Paddington lies across two local government areas. The portion south of Oxford Street lie ...

on 15 January 2012. * Best Mainstage Production: ''

The Wild Duck ''The Wild Duck'' (original Norwegian title: ''Vildanden'') is an 1884 play by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. It is considered the first modern masterpiece in the genre of tragicomedy. ''The Wild Duck'' and ''Rosmersholm'' are "often t ...

'' ( Belvoir) * Best Direction of a Mainstage Production:

Simon Stone Simon Stone (born 19 August 1984) is an Australian film and theatre director, writer and actor. Early life Stone is Australian, but was born in Basel and grew up in Cambridge and Melbourne. His father, Stuart Stone, was a biochemist and his mot ...

(''The Wild Duck'') * Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Mainstage Production:

Cate Blanchett Catherine Elise Blanchett (; born 14 May 1969) is an Australian actor. Regarded as one of the finest performers of her generation, she is known for her versatile work across independent films, blockbusters, and the stage. She has received nu ...

(''Gross und Klein'') * Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Mainstage Production: Colin Moody (''

Julius Caesar Gaius Julius Caesar (; ; 12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC), was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in a civil war, and ...

'') * Best Independent Production: '' The Libertine'' (Sport for Jove Theatre with Darlinghurst Theatre Company) * Best New Australian Work: ''The Dark Room'' (Angela Betzien) * Best Production of a Musical: ''

Hairspray Hairspray may refer to: * Hair spray, a personal grooming product that keeps hair protected from humidity and wind * ''Hairspray'' (1988 film), a film by John Waters ** ''Hairspray'' (1988 soundtrack), the film's soundtrack album ** ''Hairspray ...

'' * Lifetime Achievement Award:

David Williamson David Keith Williamson Officer of the Order of Australia, AO (born 24 February 1942) is an Australians, Australian dramatist and playwright. He has also written screenplays and teleplays. Early life David Williamson was born in Melbourne, Vi ...

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External links

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