Colour picture of Tom Stuart as Don John, act one, scene three.
Copyright © 2009 Photo: Andy Bradshaw
Back to list"I am a plain-dealing villain"
1.3.29-30
Title: Illegitimate brother to Don Pedro
Sex: male
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Hometown: Aragon
Job: Soldier
Often called: "John the bastard"
About me: “I cannot hide what I am. I must be sad when I have cause, and smile at no man’s jests; eat when I have stomach, and wait for no man’s leisure; sleep when I am drowsy, and tend on no man’s business; laugh when I am merry, and claw no man in his humour.” (1.3.12-17)
Personal philosophy: “I am trusted with a muzzle and enfranchised with a clog. Therefore I have decreed not to sing in my cage. If I had my mouth I would bite; if I had my liberty I would do my liking. In the meantime, let me be that I am and seek not to alter me.” (1.3.30-34)
