The document provides details about Captain Stanhope from R.C. Sherriff's play Journey's End. It describes Stanhope as tall and slim with war-stained pallor and dark shadows under his eyes, though still boyish in appearance. It notes his careful grooming and that he drinks heavily. When he first arrives, he throws his hat down and demands whiskey. He is disturbed to see Raleigh, who he tries to avoid being reminded of his past by. Later he tears a supportive letter from Raleigh and sits with lowered head. He threatens but also consoles Hibbert, saying they all feel like deserting sometimes but must stick with their duty. After Osborne's death he is fighting for

1. Stanhope
What is said before we see him p12
‘drinking like a fish as usual’
‘freak show exhibit’
‘he’s a long way the best company commander we’ve got’
‘[Stanhope is] a sort of freak’
Physical Description when see him p22
‘tall and slim’
‘war stained’
‘dark shadows under his eyes’
‘slimly built but broad shouldered’
‘pallor under his skin’
‘no more than a boy’
‘dark hair is carefully brushed’
First things he does p23-25
Stage directions = ‘throws his hat on the …bed’
‘Bring some Whiskey!’ (to Mason)
‘How did you get here?’ (to R – doesn’t want to be reminded of how he used to be)
Stage directions: ‘stop short at the sight of Raleigh’
Stage direction: ‘With sudden forced gaiety’ (when sees Raleigh)
Takes letter from R (p48)
‘Don’t Dennis me’ (speaking to R)
Stage Directions: ‘tears the letter from his hand’
and sees it is all good (p49)
R has written ‘[Stanhope is the] finest officer in the battalion’
Stage Directions: ‘Stanhope sits with a lowered head’
Hibbert – threaten to shoot (p55-58)
‘God! You little swine.’
‘better die of the pain than be shot for deserting’
‘We all feel like you do sometimes’
‘supposing we all say those things – what would happen then?’
‘go on sticking it… it’s the only thing a decent man can do’
His response to Osborne’s death(p85-86)
Stage directions: ‘… he is fighting for breath and his words come brokenly’
‘you think there’s no limit to what a man can bear?’ (to R)
Last time p95
Stage Directions: ‘His tall figure black against the dawn sky’ (link to the title)
It will be a new dawn without him – he’s reached the end of his journey.