The Chicago Tribune - “This production has a remarkable intimacy, crystallized by the formidable actor Graham Abbey, whose relationship with the audience becomes one of the closest I’ve ever seen in a Shakespearean drama, even though Abbey is playing a character named Philip the Bastard.”

The Slotkin Letter - "McCamus's King John a dangerous man."

Capital Critics Circle - “I’m not sure whether it’s correct to say that McCamus is a source of endless delight."

"It’s certainly accurate to say that you can’t take your eyes off him from the moment he first shambles onto the stage of the Tom Patterson Theatre…”

London Free Press - “The play is stacked with a heavyweight ensemble cast but the night really belonged to Abbey. It was arguably his best performance. He’s never looked more comfortable and he makes the most of every moment on stage.”

The Globe and Mail - “a very cynical play about politics….[Carroll is] presenting King John as if it were at the intimate, indoors Blackfriars Theatre in Stratford’s intimate, indoors Tom Patterson Theatre…