Fry, thought Trewin, had 'the relish of the Elizabethan word-men', while for The Daily Telegraphs W. A. Darlington, he was 'like a young Shaw, but with a poet's mind'".
Trewin Fry was considered to have the enjoyment of Elizabethan word creators by Fry himself, and according to The Daily Telegraph, W. A. Darlington viewed him as 'a youthful Shaw-like figure, yet possessing a poetic mindset'.