 Later revivals have included productions by Sam Mendes, with Jim Broadbent as Wicksteed (Donmar, London, 1996), Peter Hall, with James Fleet (Theatre Royal, Bath, 2006); and David Thacker, with Rob Edwards (Octagon, Bolton, 2011).The play has divided critical opinion from the outset.In "The Times", Irving Wardle thought that Bennett had difficulty in inventing a full-length play that would "sustain his wry, oblique talent", although this play was "his most successful experiment so far".