s ▁performance ▁was ▁described ▁as ▁" very ▁clever " ▁and ▁" a ▁first - rate ▁study ▁of ▁dis integration , ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁mus cle ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁act ▁becomes ▁the ▁fear some ▁fl ab bin ess ▁of ▁the ▁last . ▁Both ▁the ▁chief ▁players ▁have ▁to ▁change ▁character ▁during ▁the ▁play , ▁which , ▁since ▁this ▁is ▁well ▁done , ▁gives ▁it ▁a ▁special ▁acting - value ▁apart ▁from ▁its ▁interest ▁of ▁plot ▁and ▁problem ." ▁ ▁The ▁Sc ots man ▁of ▁ 1 ▁April ▁ 1 9 3 6 ▁started ▁its ▁review ▁with , ▁" To ▁watch ▁the ▁performance ▁of ▁Love ▁from ▁a ▁Str anger ▁at ▁the ▁New ▁Theatre , ▁is ▁like ▁witness ing ▁a ▁clever ▁conj uring ▁show . ▁One ▁knows ▁that ▁all ▁that ▁is ▁apparently ▁happening ▁is ▁next ▁to ▁impossible , ▁yet ▁one ▁cannot ▁fail ▁to ▁be ▁thr illed ." ▁The ▁review ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁say ▁that , ▁" Mr ▁Frank ▁V os per ▁ach ieves ▁with ▁great ▁art ▁the ▁transformation ▁from ▁a ▁pleasant ▁young ▁Col onial ▁to ▁a ▁habit ual ▁murder er . ▁The ▁scene ▁where ▁he ▁gradually ▁reve als ▁his ▁true ▁character ▁by ▁te aring ▁up ▁his ▁wife ' s ▁scar f ▁in ▁a ▁par ox ys m ▁of ▁murder ous ▁f ury ▁is ▁inv ested ▁by ▁him ▁with ▁a ▁real ism ▁that ▁is ▁almost ▁hor rible . ▁It ▁was ▁difficult ▁to ▁assess ▁the ▁performance ▁of ▁Miss ▁Marie ▁N ey , ▁because ▁it ▁was ▁difficult ▁to ▁believe ▁that ▁she ▁would ▁ever ▁have ▁placed ▁herself ▁in ▁such ▁a