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.
Graham Greene's 1936 review of a film adaptation of Shakespeare's work for The Spectator highlights the film's faithfulness to the original play despite the British Board of Film Censors' disapproval of anything deemed immodest.