[1] A critic in 1880 wrote "As an actor Mr Anson is possessed of force and pathos, and is an excellent low comedian.

The play was a success: The Sydney Mail stated it "sorely taxed the seating accommodations" and "every available corner was occupied".

The Sydney Morning Herald said "Mr Anson had a tremendous reception, and the applause lasted so long that the actor had every excuse for feeling embarrassed".

The Sydney Morning Herald said "after the present run it is not probable that as fine a cast will ever be furnished in Australia again".

They included Shakespeare's Hamlet, The Merry Wives of Windsor (as Falstaff), The Merchant of Venice (as Old Gobbo) and Julius Caesar (as Ligarius); also The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan and a dramatisation by J. Comyns Carr of Charles Dickens's novel The Mystery of Edwin Drood (as Durdles).

[4] It came during 1911 to Toronto, where a reviewer wrote, "The veteran English character actor George W. Anson [was] playing the role of a crusty old brewer.