Shaven-headed and in a white tuxedo, Leontes comes across like a bullying gangster made good, stroking his head like Brando in 'Apocalypse Now' and prowling like De Niro in 'Raging Bull'.

Act and Scene
Credit
Ian Johns, The Times
Date
2002
Copyright
©

The court, uniformly dressed in late Regency white, stand mysteriously around like so many lost boys... Leontes, bearded in a white morning-coat and matching leather boots, is the chief, as he gives himself over entirely to playing with his son.

Act and Scene
Credit
Nicholas de Jongh, The Guardian
Date
1986
Copyright
©

[Leontes is] a portly, bearded, mad-eyed figure in ermine and full regalia.

Act and Scene
Credit
Paul Taylor, The Independent
Date
1999
Copyright
©

This Leontes seemed actively engaged in his Act Five penance, responding positively not just brokenly to Paulina's regime, so that he appeared worthy of his regained wife and daughter...

Act and Scene
Credit
Paul Lapworth, Stratford Herald
Date
1992
Copyright
©

Leontes himself is as barbaric in his jealousy as in his garments ... [his] most sustained ecstasy and fiercest outpourings... suggest an advanced case of homicidal mania.

Act and Scene
Credit
W.A.Darlington, Daily Telegraph
Date
1948
Copyright
©

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