Person

Edward Ravenscroft

c. 1750- c. 1810

c. 1750- c. 1810

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Notable quotes

“I think it a greater theft to Rob the dead of their Praise, then the Living of their Money.”
— Preface to Titus Andronicus, or the Rape of Lavinia (1686); quoted in The Shakespeare Allusion-Book: A Collection of Allusions to Shakespeare from 1591-1700, vol 2, ed. John Munro (1932).
“I have been told by some anciently conversant with the Stage, that it was not Originally his, but brought by a private Author to be Acted and he only gave some Master-touches to one or two of the Principal Parts or Characters; this I am apt to believe, because 'tis the most incorrect and indigested piece in all his Works, It seems rather a heap of Rubbish then a Structure.”
— Preface to Titus Andronicus, or the Rape of Lavinia (1686); quoted in The Shakespeare Allusion-Book: A Collection of Allusions to Shakespeare from 1591-1700, vol 2, ed. John Munro (1932).
“This I did to prevent expences, for … a penny sav'd, is a penny got.”
— The Canterbury Guests: or, a bargain broken (1695), Act II, scene iv.

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