“It is a clever pamphlet play, but there is more speechifying than dialogue.”
+ − Ath p321 Mr 5 ’20 90w
“Mr Goldring’s best is in the sudden reversal from the expected toward the end of his play, when his theoretical revolutionary becomes human—and a bit detestable for once.” Gilbert Seldes
− + Dial 69:215 Ag ’20 100w
“If it were not for Mr Goldring’s introduction, it would be very hard to believe that anyone could seriously contribute this muscle-bound thesis-play as anything the people or anybody else but a theatrical antiquarian would be interested in.” Kenneth Macgowan
− Freeman 2:332 D 15 ’20 500w
Reviewed by Dorothy Grafly
+ − Springf’d Republican p11a S 5 ’20 580w
“‘The fight for freedom’ is a good play quite apart from any pretensions to be different in character from the social plays of the pre-war theater. It is, in fact, in direct line with the best work of Shaw, Galsworthy and Barker.” B. L.
+ Survey 44:591 Ag 2 ’20 120w The Times [London] Lit Sup p676 N 20 ’19 50w