Likewise, another reoccurring criticism was that the script was contrived and lacked specific explanations for its content. Lyn Gardner wrote that the play “has no discernible internal logic, spewing imagery meaninglessly from nowhere… with long meandering monologues which… go nowhere and appear to have no dramatic impetus… has an air of contrived weirdness when what is desperately needed is a sense of reality and some concrete explanations.” Benedict Nightingale for "The Times" wrote that “the play's obscurities becom irksome” but stated that “There is no obligation on a dramatist to explain his characters' behaviour. Perhaps it is enough for Ridley to cram his play with images of childhood guilt, confusion, self-hatred and dread, leaving the audience… to the dramatic Rorschach blot that emerges… Maybe Ridley will be more specific in his next play.”