 To see this poised woman reduced to untrammelled desperation when her lover leaves is deeply upsetting..."" Jeremy Kingston The Times also wrote, ""Felicity Dean's fierce Masha subtly shows desire clambering out of boredom into hysterical grief at the departure of Charles Dance's quietly charismatic Vershinin"" while Michael Coveney of The Daily Mail praised her performance as being played ""with a powerful cocktail of anger melancholy and listlessness""

In 2002 she also received high critical acclaim for her roles in "The Coast of Utopia" directed by Trevor Nunn again at the National Theatre.2003 saw her again under the direction of Barry Kyle, this time at Shakespeare's Globe as Regan in "King Lear".Charles Spencer of The Daily Telegraph noted that ""Felicity Dean doesn't confine herself merely to capturing Regan's spite.