"Rattigan himself, however, said that his prime concern was “the illogicality of passion” and that comes across beautifully in McCrory’s performance. Left alone, she paces her room in moody silence. In the presence of Freddie, even after her aborted suicide, she becomes a different woman. McCrory’s features blaze like a city in illumination. I’ve seen many fine Hesters but few who have conveyed so clearly what Shakespeare called “the very wrath of love”. (Michael Billington)