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- Commands loyalty. "He's a long way the best company commander we've got" ~ Osborne, p.12
- Believes appearance to be important. "well cut and cared for" (uniform) ~ stage directions, p.22, and "carefully brushed" (hair) ~ stage directions, p.22
- Short-tempered. "For God's sake, get out!" ~ Stanhope to Raleigh, p.86.
- Strained and pressured. "shadows under his eyes" ~ stage directions, p.22
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- Company commander. "He's a long way the best company commander we've got" ~ Osborne, p.12
- Friend. "I'm awfully proud to think he's my friend." ~ Raleigh about Stanhope, p.49
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- At the start of the play, before he is introduced in person, we are told he is a heavy drinker but a great company commander all the same.
- When he enters the play for the first time, the stage directions make him out to be the perfect commander; "cared for" uniform, "stars of rank", "tall and slim", and young ("no more than a boy"). p.22
- When we get to know him a little, we see that he is under a lot of strain, and is very strict with the others. We are a little unsympathetic with him at this point.
- When Stanhope starts to admit some of his real feelings, like "I hate and loathe it all" p.53, we begin to feel sympathy for him.
- By the end of the play, when Raleigh dies under Stanhope's supervision, we see that he has been through an awful lot and has every right to feel and act the way he does. We have great sympathy for him.
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- Heavy drinker. "Drinking like a fish, as usual?" ~ Hardy, p.12
- Mentally unstable. "trembling and breathing heavily", p.48
- Anxious. " - staring at me? - and wondering?" ~ Stanhope about his worries of Raleigh's opinion of him, p.33
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