Amid the welter of shows about the First World War, Rolf Hochhuth's play is something of a rarity: an epic mix of history lesson, expressionist drama and Germanic Oh! What a Lovely War...Hochhuth has lost none of his capacity for controversy - offers a fascinating portrait of the inexorable march towards war.

Michael Billington, The Guardian

The events leading up to the Great War are given an epic treatment in this new play...Part theatre, part historical pageant, this translation offers an intriguing perspective on the nature and nurture of war.

Stage

It is a fascinating exposition of little known material that feels like a verbatim drama dosed with surrealism and presented in a Brechtian manner - Piece by piece Hochhuth assembles the disparate evidence of all those acts that those in control exploited in their determination to go to war and reorder Europe to their own advantage, a fascinating unfolding that gives us privileged access to the reality of history.

British Theatre Guide