""The Pall Mall Gazette" said, "Mr Fancourt has recognised that people can do with a 'thrill' in these Grand Guignol days.So he has given us a Mikado who really does curdle the blood, with a voice like a steam hammer slowly crushing a ton of Brazil nuts, and a make up of ghastly villainy, and a fiendish, gurgling laugh, which must be heard to be appreciated."