Anthony Coburn, an Australian who lived in London since 1950, says he deliberately picked the title because "I wanted something to catch the judges' attention.

[4] The play was toured around the country along with two other Trust productions Man and Superman and Long Day's Journey into Night.

"[7] The Sydney Tribune said the 1959 production featured "one of the finest performances that this reviewer has seen on the Elizabethan stage— that of Grant Taylor's portrayal of Nick Diargos, the vengeance-seeking Greek.

He invests Diargos with an awe-inspiring strength and yet with gentleness and dignity and his performance is one of the main reasons for the play's great impact on the audience.

"[9] Kenneth Tynan in the Observer said it was "a fierce, crude, ham-fisted play reminiscent of O'Neill" where "the last act swoops disastrously into melodrama" but added "a long time had passed since I saw a play that cried out more vociferously for movie treatment in the grand, outdoor manner.