Critic Quotes M4M- On specific characters

What do Bates and Rasmussen (2022) say about Lucio?

‘Lucio speaks deep truths in a light language’

What does Gibbons (1991) say about Pompey as a character?

‘Pompey’s nimbleness in word play is a mark of his general resourcefulness’

What does Lennox (1755) say about Isabella as a character?

‘A mere Vixen in her Virtue’ with the ‘Manners of an affected Prude’

What does Clarke (1863) say about Isabella as a character?

‘one of the most -beautiful-souled among Shakespeare’s beautifully-souled women’

What does Eisaman Maus (2008) say about Isabella?

‘Some modern critics have found (Isabella’s) defiance heroic, others chilling or selfish’

What does Billington write about Doran’s 2019 production of the play in the Guardian? (On the Duke)

‘A man who, having temporarily abandoned power, finds himself secretly addicted to it’

What does Roger Allan say on playing the duke is Hyntner’s 1987 production?

‘Lucio is a particular thorn in his side’

What does Knight (1930) say about the Duke?

‘He controls the action from start to finish’

What does Tyrone Guthrie, director of the 1966 production, say about the duke?

‘he is a figure of Almighty God’