Writing for The Spectator in 1936, Graham Greene gave the film a mixed review. When considering the film as a work of Shakespeare, Greene noted that the film maintained a relatively high level of faithfulness to the original play despite the British Board of Film Censors' disapprobation of anything remotely approaching immodesty.
The passage describes Graham Greene's mixed review of a film adaptation of Shakespeare's work, emphasizing its adherence to the original play and the censorship it faced due to its portrayal of immodesty.