# Leo — Getting Married character guide

> Leo in Getting Married by George Bernard Shaw.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Leo To Lesbia, Leo Naughty, Leo Weeping, Leo Rising

**First appearance:** 0054-getting-married

## Snapshot

Lesbia's earnest, volatile fiancé, whose romantic certainties keep colliding with her cool refusal to be swept along.

## Who they are

Leo is the young man who wants the wedding to mean what weddings are supposed to mean — love, permanence, a future — and who cannot understand why Lesbia keeps examining the contract instead of signing it. His emotional weather swings between pleading and indignation, and his sincerity is both his charm and his vulnerability in a household where everyone else has an argument ready. His pursuit of Lesbia gives the play its central romantic pressure and tests whether feeling can survive being cross-examined.

## Relationships

### [Reginald Hotchkiss](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/characters/reginald_hotchkiss)

_friendship_

Leo and Reginald Hotchkiss are friends, sharing witty exchanges and a sense of camaraderie.

### [Soames](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/characters/soames)

_social_

Leo and Soames are acquaintances, with Leo often teasing or engaging Soames in conversation.

## In the story

### [Preface to Getting Married](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/chapters/preface-to-getting-married)

Appears in the context of the revolt against marriage.

## Links

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