[2] Another writer described him as "a first-class actor with an outstandingly good baritone voice, plus a highly developed flair for the dramatic.

", he returned to the stage in the guise of an elderly tramp, to deliver a monologue saying that he was no longer wanted by society, before dying in a snowstorm.

[2][5] Chance Newton said that "Godfrey's vigorous acting of the neglected old soldier... raised vast audiences to an almost incredible pitch of enthusiasm...".

[6] Somewhat in contrast was his patriotic 1893 monologue "Fighting with the Seventh Royal Fusiliers", written by Le Brunn with words by Wal Pink recounting an incident supposed to have happened at the Battle of Inkerman.

[5] Godfrey's performances also included portraits of such British heroes as Francis Drake, Admiral Nelson, the Duke of Wellington and General Gordon.