Directed by Rupert Goold, it also features a leading performance from Tobias Menzies as well as scenic design by Es Devlin.
[4] Replacements included Lolita Chakrabarti taking over for Michele Austin who took a role in Lucy Prebble's The Effect at The Shed.
Ann Trenneman of The Daily Telegraph wrote a rave review declaring that the production was "a world-class adaptation of a dark Danish parable for our times".
[8] Stephen Dalton of The Hollywood Reporter gave the production a mixed view writing, "It lacks some of the nuanced shadings of Vinterberg's screenplay, veering into shouty melodrama in places.
"[9] The New York transfer received generally positive reviews with Robert Hofler of TheWrap citing Menzies "impressive American stage debut" and comparing the play favorably to The Children's Hour and Oleanna.
She wrote, "He is a rare director in the English-speaking world who can dream up and pull off highly conceptual, wildly theatrical spectacles...Here, the staging can feel redundant especially since it is burdened with foreshadowing and obvious symbolism".