 Less sympathetic critics, such as E.F. Watling, have written harshly about "Captivi’s" loose plotting, rushed conclusion, and too-short time scheme.Others have dismissed these concerns as rather pedantic and irrelevant to a play that does not pretend to be rigorously realistic.In 2016, Jeff S. Dailey directed a limited-run Off Broadway production at the John Cullum Theatre in midtown Manhattan, using an amalgamation of several Victorian translations.