Andrew Sarris

“…. Its central conceit is that its hyperarticulate characters speak aloud all the time even when they are supposed to be thinking or writing…. I felt the ancient call of the Word stirring deep in my image-worshiping soul. I was aided in my regression in no small measure by Glenda Jackson as Stevie Smith, Mona Washbourne as her aunt, Alec McCowen, and Trevor Howard, each of whom weaves a spell of words that should leave any civilized viewer moved and shaken….”

Andrew Sarris
Village Voice, date?, 1981