Edward Ravenscroft
English dramatist 1654?-1707
Edward Ravenscroft (c. 1654 – 1707) was an English dramatist. He was the first critic to posit that Shakespeare's play Titus Andronicus was not originally written by him, but that he rather provided "some Master-touches" to an already extant piece. This position is now known as the "Ravenscroft tradition" within literary circles.
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Quotes
edit- 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.
